Universität Wien

124264 KO Critical Media Analysis (2012W)

Critiquing Museums and Tourism

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Critical Media Analysis offers students the chance to apply theories of Culture and Media Studies to one specific context. This class describes and analyses the history and uses of tourism and museums which shape our sense of national history, self and other, and leisure. This is a very hands-on course that expects students to bring to class to analyse their own sightseeing experiences.
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).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 11.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 18.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 25.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 08.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 15.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 22.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 29.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 06.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 13.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 10.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 17.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 24.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 31.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The class begins with the origins of tourism in the19th century great walking tours of Europe and the World Exhibitions, and describes the link with class, empire, nation-building and anthropology. We follow the evolution of collection and display from freak shows and curio shops, to the institution of national museums, to the recent advent of inter-active cultural theme parks and Disneyland. The course is underpinned by theories and concepts of social semiotics, surveillance (Foucault), the heritage industry (Bennett), national icons (Hobsbawm and Ranger; Anderson), tourism (MacCannell), authenticity (Clifford), and takes its position from the cultural turn of the 1960s which relativises and decentres history and culture. During the semester we will have one class trip to a museum. Time and place to be decided.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance; class participation; one class mid-semester test; one final analytical essay at the end of semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This course aims to provide students with analytical tools from which they can see how museums and other tourist sites they visit are constructed to support social and cultural ideas of national history, self and other, and leisure.

Examination topics

This course will combine lectures and readings of key theories which students will apply to their own responses to visits to museums or other tourism sites. All material will be available on Moodle and in class handouts provided at the beginning of the semester.

Reading list

Course material and assessment criteria will be made available via the eLearning platform (Moodle), a reading pack distributed in the first class, and a list of recommended readings and viewings.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: Diplom 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260

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