128110 VO Popular and Media Cultures VO / Cultural Studies - MA M01 (2023S)

Postdigital Health Practices

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

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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

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Monika Pietrzak-Franger

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 06.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 20.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 27.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 17.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 24.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 08.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 15.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 22.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 05.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 12.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday 19.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In recent decades, digital technologies have changed the way we think about illness and health. Today, we can easily google our symptoms, ask specialized groups for advice or monitor our moods with the help of an App. We can tweet about how we feel or show it on Facebook or Tiktok. All of these are everyday postdigital practices that we, as Cultural Studies scholars, are interested in and are predestined to study. In the course of this lecture series, experts across disciplines (Cultural, Communication and Media Studies, Psychology, Political Studies, etc.) will demonstrate how they do research in this area. In this way, students will be given access to the most topical, and very exciting, study questions, materials, and perspectives.
Teaching mode: the lectures will take place on site. Please use this opportunity to ask questions and talk to the experts!

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam (online); upload time for first sitting ends on 26th June 2023, 6:15 pm (end of last session).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To pass the course, students need to attain at least 60%.

Grades in %:
1 (very good): 90-100%
2 (good): 80-89%
3 (satisfactory): 70-79%
4 (pass): 60-69%
5 (fail): 0-59%

Examination topics

The exam will be based on the topics covered in class. To prepare for the exam, please participate in the lectures and prepare the materials available on Moodle.

Reading list

If you would like to find out more about the topic, here are some of the very general introductions. Further, more specific materials dealing with exemplary postdigital health practices will be provided on Moodle.

- Lupton, D. (2017) Digital Health: Critical and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. First edition. London: Taylor and Francis.
- Arthur L., C. et al. (2004) Cultural Sutures : Medicine and Media. Durham : Duke University Press.

Association in the course directory

Studium: MA 812 (2); MA 844(2); UF MA 046
Code: MA (2) M3; MA 844(2) 1.2; UF MA 1B; 4A
Lehrinhalt: 12-5260

Last modified: Th 24.08.2023 10:27