124266 AR Cultural/Media Studies 1/2 (AR) (2012W)
US-American Protest Movements
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 Mo 17.09.2012 00:00 to Su 23.09.2012 23:59
- Registration is open from Th 27.09.2012 00:00 to Tu 02.10.2012 23:59
- Deregistration possible until We 31.10.2012 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 11.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 18.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 25.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 08.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 15.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 22.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 29.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 06.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 13.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 10.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 17.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 24.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Thursday 31.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
"To Stop the Machine": US-American Protest Movements since the 1960sThis class will deal with a variety of social/political protest movements that originated in the USA in the last 50 years. "Make your body a counterfriction to stop the machine", demanded Henry David Thoreau, author of the seminal essay on civil disobedience, "Resistance to Civil Government" (1842) of his fellow citizens in the fight against slavery. From Flower Power to Black Power to Red Power, from Greenpeace (founded by US-American activists in Vancouver, Canada) to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), from the Tea Party (U.S. presidential elections in November!) to Occupy Wallstreet and similar anti-establishment organizations, we will discuss a number of such counterfrictions, bodies, and machines.
Assessment and permitted materials
2000-word paper and short research assignments with oral presentations in class, active participation in discussion.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Interactive. Critical reading of texts. Class discussion.
Reading list
Association in the course directory
Studium: Diplom 343, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, MA5, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4261
Code/Modul: Diplom 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, MA5, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4261
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