124261 KO Critical Media Analysis (2019W)
Nonhuman Media: Animals, Ecology, and Limits of the Human
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 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 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 15.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 22.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 29.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 05.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 12.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 19.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 26.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 03.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 10.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 17.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 07.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 14.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 21.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 28.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
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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: Tu 08.09.2020 13:28