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124265 KO Critical Media Analysis (2015S)

Kaleidoscope of Contemporary London

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

We think of London as a multicultural, cosmopolitan metropolis but these ideas are very contradictory. How can London be both “cool Britannia” and the centre of multi-ethnic immigration? Who lives there and who is a “Londoner”? How did it produce both the 2011 riots and the 2012 Olympic Games? Why is it home to the global financial market and the original “working class”? This course on contemporary British culture and media analyses and critiques contemporary London based on theory of urban space from Doreen Massey’s World City (2010) and Danny Dorling’s The 32 London Stops on the Central Line (2013). Keeping to the fore the 2008 financial crisis and the 2011 London riots, we see multiple and contradictory views of London—a kaleidoscope of shifting perspectives—to challenge popular and mainstream images of the city. The course approaches multiple media forms (images, maps, documentary, film, stand-up comedy, interactive drama series, music, fashion) through deconstructive critical media tools of social semiotics, thing theory, feminist, and postcolonial theories.
Moodle

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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).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 19.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 26.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 16.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 23.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 30.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 07.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 21.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 28.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 11.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 18.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 25.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Inhalte:
Weekly topics:
March 19 (Class 1) Kaleidoscope of still images
March 26 (Class 2) Kaleidoscope of moving images
April 16 (Class 3) London places and maps
April 23 (Class 4) London icons: Object ethnography
April 30 (Class 5) London Immigration & Multiculturalism
May 7 (Class 6) London Class & inequality: Chavs to Sloane Rangers
May 21 (Class 7) The 2011 riots
May 28 (Class 8) The City and the 2008 financial Crisis
June 11 (Class 9) 2012 Olympic Games

Key readings all on moodle
Class viewings: Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears 2002), Brick Lane (Sarah Gavron 2007). All further material will be available before the first class.

Assessment and permitted materials

10% attendance, 10% class discussions participation,
20% Pre-class activities (4 over the semester), 10% visual image analysis, 20% Thing theory analysis, 20% Short research project, 10% last class poster and presentation

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This course is an opportunity for students to apply basic skills of critical media analysis as well as key theories to a range of visual media. The focus on London is an entry point to key issues of British culture and identity, including class and multiculturalism, and to recent historical events, including the 2011 riots and 2012 Olympic Games. The course emphasis is on fostering analytical and critical thinking by unmasking aspects of culture and media we take for granted and usually see as normal.

Examination topics

Students employ techniques of critical media analysis across the genres and learn to apply the theoretical critical and analytical perspectives to their own choice of visual texts. Participation is encouraged through class and group discussions. Consideration of how to integrate CMA in classroom learning will be discussed.

Reading list

Course material available on Moodle and in a dedicated Dropbox folder

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, BEd 046
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260

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