124261 KO Critical Media Analysis (2020S)
Nonhuman Media: Animals, Environments, Machines and the Limits of the Human
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 We 19.02.2020 00:00 to Tu 25.02.2020 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 30.04.2020 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 10.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 17.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 24.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 31.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 21.04. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 28.04. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 05.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 12.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 19.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 26.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 09.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Tuesday 16.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Tuesday 23.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Tuesday 30.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Since at least the Renaissance, the "human" has been the organising concept of cultural, philosophical, scientific, political, economic, historical, literary and critical debates. However, in recent years, significant theoretical movements in nonhuman studies, (animal studies, ecocriticsm, ecofeminism, posthumanism, cyborg theory) have challenged the correctness and ethics of studying culture exclusively through 'the human’. By focusing rather on media representations of animals, landscapes, machines, networks, cyborgs, and AI in diverse historical contexts and cultural modes (films, TV, computer games, music, social media and all forms of popular culture), 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 once again in the present moment.
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: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16