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124220 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar (2019S)

Cultural Narratives for the 21st Century: Collaborative, Fair, Sustainable

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

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).

Registration is open from Fr 15.02.2019 00:00 to Fr 22.02.2019 14:00
Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2019 23:59

Details

max. 18 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Melissa Kennedy

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Friday 08.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 15.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 22.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 29.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 05.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 12.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 03.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 10.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 17.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 24.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 31.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 07.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 14.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 21.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 28.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

‘Everybody’s saying it: we need a new economic story, a narrative of our shared economic future that is fit for the twenty-first century’ (Raworth 2017: 12); ‘Change happens only when you replace one story with another’ (Monbiot 2017: 1). Inequality, climate change, financial crises and work insecurity are the issues of our times, leading to a concerted (so far failed) movement to re-orientate our beliefs and values away from market-led competitive individualism to more equal, just, and sustainable ways of living. An important role for the humanities is thus emerging: we need to story the world we want to live in.
This class centralises different narrative media to analyse media representations of ethical issues, including: community collaboration over individualistic competition; well-being over wealth, and sustainability over growth. These topics are modelled with class texts from different genres of film, documentary, TV series, comics, and computer games, and students are expected to write a seminar paper on a text of their own choosing.
Class media: documentary How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can't Change (dir. Josh Fox, 2016, available on Youtube); film Captain Fantastic (dir. Matt Ross, 2016); series Doctor Who “Demons of the Punjab” (season 11, episode 6, 2017); computer game Detroit: Become Human (2018 Playstation 4/Youtube different endings). Theory: all extracts on Moodle. Recommended reading, Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (2017).

Assessment and permitted materials

In class participation, expert-reader discussion, own-research presentation, term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Term Paper, 6,500-8,000 words (length to be confirmed), due 1. August, 2019 (50%)
Regular attendance and class participation (10%)
Expert-reader discussion (10%)
Own-research presentation (20%)
Term Paper plan (10%)

Reading list

documentary How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can't Change (dir. Josh Fox, 2016, available on Youtube);
film Captain Fantastic (dir. Matt Ross, 2016);
series Doctor Who “Demons of the Punjab” (season 11, episode 6, 2017);
computer game Detroit: Become Human (2018 Playstation 4/Youtube different endings).
Theory: all extracts on Moodle. Recommended reading, Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (2017).

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322; BA 09.2; MA6, MA7
Lehrinhalt: 12-0405

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