124261 KO Critical Media Analysis (2019W)
Nonhuman Media: Animals, Ecology, and Limits of the Human
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
Moodle; Tu 17.12. 10:00-12:00 Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Registration/Deregistration
- Registration is open from Th 12.09.2019 00:00 to Mo 23.09.2019 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2019 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
08.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
15.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
22.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
29.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
05.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
12.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
19.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
26.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
03.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
10.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
N
Tuesday
17.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
07.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
14.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
21.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Tuesday
28.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Unterrichtsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Since at least the Renaissance, the "human" has been the central, organising concept of cultural, philosophical, scientific, political, economic, historical, literary and critical debates. However, in recent years significant theoretical developments and advancements in animal studies, nonhuman studies, posthumanism, ecocriticsm, and ecofeminism have challenged the correctness and ethics of studying culture exclusively through theoretical paradigms and constructions that centre and elevate 'the human’. By focusing rather on media representations, narratives and experiences of animals, landscapes, machines, networks, cyborgs, and AI in diverse historical contexts, cultural practices, and representational modes, together we will explore the very notion of culture (what it excludes and why, its unspoken assumptions and exploitations) and consider how, in an increasingly mechanised and digitised cultural realm, the limits of the human are being redrawn.
Assessment and permitted materials
50% Final Essay (2,500 words)
20% In-Class Presentation
10% Class participation / contribution to discussions
10% Abstract (300 words)
10% Moodle Quiz
20% In-Class Presentation
10% Class participation / contribution to discussions
10% Abstract (300 words)
10% Moodle Quiz
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students must fulfill and pass each of the 5 course requirements (Essay, Presentation, discussion, abstract, Moodle Quiz
Examination topics
The course reading and presentations
Reading list
Amber E. George and J.L. Schatz, "Screening the Nonhuman: Representations of Animal Others in the Media"
Jacques Derrida, "The Animal that Therefore I Am"
Val Plumwood, "Feminism and the Mastery of Nature"
Rob Boddice, "Anthropocentrism: Humans, Animals, Environments"
Jacques Derrida, "The Animal that Therefore I Am"
Val Plumwood, "Feminism and the Mastery of Nature"
Rob Boddice, "Anthropocentrism: Humans, Animals, Environments"
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612, BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260
Last modified: Th 05.09.2019 20:07