Universität Wien

124266 KO Critical Media Analysis (2017S)

Online Testimony': Posting Trauma in the 21st Century

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

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 09.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 16.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 23.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 30.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 06.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 27.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 04.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 11.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 18.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 01.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 08.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 22.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Thursday 29.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

We live in an age of forced migrations and mass displacements. The ‘refugee’ and the ‘asylum seeker’ have become iconic figures of the 21st century. According to Hanna Arendt, language, meaning, the faculty to recount and narrate our life-story, is not only what distinguishes us from other living beings; it is the very precondition for being and remaining human.
Are refugees “speechless emissaries,” as Liisa Milkki has powerfully suggested – faceless objects of humanitarian discourse – or subversive and resilient bloggers?
In this course we will analyze how the ‘refugee’ is represented across different media and public ‘domains’. Since trauma is increasingly being ‘posted,’ we will scrutinize the “infrastructure of humanitarian storytelling” (Whitlock) and compare it to other new forms of ‘online testimonies’ – journalistic accounts and personal blogs. We will ask ourselves what it means to ‘narrate’ trauma from a “world of camps” (Agier), what it means to testify within the new digital archive of the 21st century.
The course is aimed at both BA students and teacher trainees. The aim is to familiarize students with both theoretical and practical tools to analyse and critically engage with different media contents/contexts.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, active participation, oral presentation, weekly assignments, portfolio.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance and active participation: 20%
Presentation: 10%
Assignments: 20%
Portfolio: 50%

Students must attain at least 60% overall to pass this class.

Examination topics

Reading list

Primary and secondary literature will be made available in a Reader at CopyStudio Schwarzspanierstraße.

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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