120691 PS Proseminar Cultural and Media Studies (2017S)
The Prison Industrial Complex in American Culture
Continuous assessment of course work
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featuring a guest lecture by Dr. Katharina Gerund (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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).
- Registration is open from Th 16.02.2017 00:00 to We 22.02.2017 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2017 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
1st week (!!!March 6!!!): research literacy session!
- Monday 20.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 27.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 03.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 24.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 24.04. 18:00 - 19:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Monday 08.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 15.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 22.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 29.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 12.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 19.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Monday 26.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This proseminar examines what sociologist Mike Davis has famously called the "prison industrial complex" in the U.S. that has emerged since the 1980s, as correctional facilities have been increasingly privatized into for-profit corporations. In this class, we will ask how cultural texts ranging from fiction to non-fiction and theory, TV, film, music, and art, have critically responded to this development since the 1990s. We will look at Native American, African American, and women's specific articulations of the prison experience in various media, from life writing and criticism to film, TV, and music, and the course will train you to use appropriate methodologies to analyze these texts.Methods: single work, pair and group work, panel discussions, lecture elements, feedback
Assessment and permitted materials
active participation, including minor written assignments
oral presentation
final paper (proseminar paper) according to department standards
oral presentation
final paper (proseminar paper) according to department standards
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
positive grade in each of the three areas (participation, presentation, final paper)
Examination topics
all topics covered in the seminar
Reading list
Please obtain (available at Facultas!):
1) Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings: My Life is My Sundance
2) Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
3) Mumia-Abu Jamal, Live from Death RowShorter and theoretical texts will be provided on the Moodle platform.
1) Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings: My Life is My Sundance
2) Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
3) Mumia-Abu Jamal, Live from Death RowShorter and theoretical texts will be provided on the Moodle platform.
Association in the course directory
Studium: BA 612;
Code/Modul: BA09.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4040
Code/Modul: BA09.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4040
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