Universität Wien

160131 SE Empirical seminar in this subject area (2021S)

Semiotic Landscapes in Times of the Pandemics

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. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Di SR 3 S3a

Tuesday 09.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 16.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 23.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 13.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 20.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 27.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 04.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 11.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 18.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 01.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 08.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 15.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 22.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital
Tuesday 29.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

For many years Applied Linguistics has been dealing with linguistic and visual signs in public space. Linguistic or semiotic landscapes were initially defined as spatial representations of multilingualism – for example in the form of signs, posters, graffiti, stickers or flyers – and later in other linguistic-indexical traces in (especially urban) space. Recently, this space has also been expanded into the virtual world, for example Digital Ethnographic Linguistic Landscape Analysis (Blommaert & Maly 2018) compares space and place representations offline and online (e.g. Google Maps).

In this seminar you will get to know different variants of linguistic landscape research. But you will also explore the semiotic landscape yourself, under the methodologically and empirically specific conditions of the pandemic, which, through curfews and contact restrictions, impose a specific view of a strange space around us as well as special challenges. But it is precisely this view and this specific space that interests us in this seminar. One focus of the seminar will be on health communication, which in times of the pandemic has gained eminent importance in public space. However, linguistic landscape research has only just begun to explore this realm.

On successful completion of the course you will will be able to:
* describe what languages and discourses related to the pandemic appear and to what extent they do so in the public (urban/rural) sphere
* refer to central concepts, theories and methods of relevance for the study of linguistic landscapes as well as medical communication
* Explain the history and philosophy of medical communication studies as well as its core values, concepts, and functions across the globe and in society.

The course will take place either online or in hybrid form (depending on possibilities). In any event the course is designed to allow both theoretical and empirical (field) work to be conducted in distance learning mode.

Assessment and permitted materials

1. Oral presentation of field research results
2. Written paper (MA seminar: 10-15 pages, BA seminar: 25-30 pages)

All written examinations will be checked by the Turnitin text similarity checker ("plagiarism test").

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Apart from the oral and scriptal records mentioned above, a regular presence (depending on the situation: in classroom or online), reading of the discussed texts and active participation in discussions is required.

Examination topics

Relevant literature from linguistic/semiotic landscape and health communication research, ethnographic field work (online and/or offline)

Reading list

Introductory Literature: Blommaert, Jan & Ico Maly. 2018. Digital Ethnographic Linguistic Landscape Analysis (ELLA 2.0). Tillburg Papers in Culture Studies 233 (https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/sites/default/files/download/TPCS_233-Maly-Blommaert.pdf)

More references will be provided within the course.

Association in the course directory

BA-M11
MA2-M1

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17