Universität Wien

124267 AR Cultural/Media Studies 1/2 (AR) 2 (2012S)

Pursuing the Trivial. Investigations into Popular Culture

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
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).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 13.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 20.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 27.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 17.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 24.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 08.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 15.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 22.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Saturday 02.06. 08:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 05.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 12.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 19.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 26.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This class deals with aspects of the trivial, the popular, the common, the ordinary, the banal and the everyday. In our readings we would like to explore meanings, roots and routes of mundane practices, texts and artefacts through the ages and how they, for example, relate to gender, class or race identities; language and communication; genre, media and technology; politics and power; local and global impacts, material and economic contexts. Integral part of the AR will be the Pursuing the Trivial Conference organised by Monika Seidl, Roman Horak and Barbara Maly. Participation is obligatory (1-2 June, details can be found under http://www.univie.ac.at/pursuingthetrivial/). You will have the unique opportunity to listen to a number of eminent critics in the field and get to know young scholars who devote their presentations on our topic.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, participation in class discussions of set readings, choice of additional tasks, conference report of Fashionable Queens, final written essay.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This class will provide you with a versatile toolkit to integrate the analysis of the everyday and ordinary into your study projects.

Examination topics

Small-group and all-class discussions of regular set readings, mandatory participation in Pursuing the Trivial Conference.

Reading list

A reader will be provided.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4262

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