Universität Wien

070182 EX Field Trip - Berlin - Media of Urbanity (2025S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The preliminary meeting for the excursion will take place by the second week of the semester. Further information will be provided to enlisted students by email in good time.

The stay in Berlin is planned from May 6th to 9th, 2025.

A first consultation hour to discuss the topics, a thesis and the methodological approach to the thesis will take place in June 2025 in virtual form. If there are any open questions about the thesis, another virtual consultation hour will be held. In both cases, information will be provided by email in good time.

The cost of the excursion is approximately EUR 550 per person (the exact price will be announced in the preliminary meeting). This includes hotel costs (overnight stay with breakfast), admission fees, guided tours, fees and a 4-day ticket for the Berlin public transport company.

Arrival and departure are independent and are not included in the price.

In addition, it is recommended that you take out travel/cancellation insurance so that you are not left with the (additional) costs in the event of a COVID-19 infection immediately before departure or during your stay in Berlin.

(If the excursion cannot take place on site in Berlin as planned due to a travel warning, COVID epidemic or similar, it would be carried out online via streams, videos and Moodle. Further information for registered students and students on the waiting list would then be provided in the preliminary meeting or sent out in mid-March.)

  • Monday 10.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The 20th century shaped the city of Berlin like no other century before. From the Empire, through the dictatorships of National Socialism and Socialism, through the division between two power blocs and reunification to the European Union. The diverse divisions of the city from a spatial, social, political, cultural, ethnic and gender perspective have created a unique spatial field of tension that shapes the lives of not only the residents of this city to the present day.
The excursion will explore the traces of the horror and violence of two dictatorships, as well as the Jewish and alternative counterworlds since the 1920s, away from the usual tourist hotspots. The coexistence of over 150 nationalities has been a topic of political and cultural debate since the 1960s and shapes Berlin's music, nightlife and households every day. The aim and method of the course are to clarify these phenomena and to experience them independently but in a guided manner.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in the (online) sessions.
Presence in Berlin and active participation on site.
An independently written thesis of approx. 15 pages. When working in a group, the number of pages increases proportionally.

Alternative examinations and documentation of independently acquired knowledge (blogs, podcasts, films, graphic novels, etc.) are desired and possible by arrangement.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The assessment of the examination performance consists of participation in the (online) sessions (10%), presence in Berlin and active participation in the excursion (60%) as well as the final paper (30%).

In order to successfully complete the course, positive achievements must be made in all areas!

Examination topics

Will be discussed with the participants in the online units.
You are expected to work independently on a topic of your own choosing.

Reading list

Martin Tschiggerl, Thomas Walach, Stefan Zahlmann, theory of history, Wiesbaden 2018.
Stefan Zahlmann, The Reality of Stones, Volume 1, Weitra 2021.

Will be made available on Moodle.
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Association in the course directory

SP: Neuzeit, Zeitgeschichte, Globalgeschichte, Osteuropäische Geschichte, Österreichische Geschichte, Digital Humanities/Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft, Frauen-und Geschlechtergeschichte/MATILDA, Historisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung, Wirtschafts-und Sozialgeschichte

BEd UF GP 03: Exkursion zu Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (4 ECTS)
MEd UF GP 02: Räume der hist.-polit. Auseinandersetzung (4 ECTS)
MA Geschichte (2019): PM4 (5 ECTS)

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