233045 SE Feminist Approaches to Science and Technology Museums (2024S)
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
Registration/Deregistration
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 Th 01.02.2024 09:00 to We 21.02.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until We 10.04.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Please note:
On Mon 15 April an excursion will take place to the Technical Museum of Vienna, from 13.15-17.30.
Wednesday
10.04.
13:15 - 17:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Thursday
11.04.
13:15 - 17:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Friday
12.04.
14:30 - 17:00
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday
16.04.
14:30 - 17:00
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Thursday
18.04.
14:30 - 17:00
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Friday
19.04.
14:30 - 17:00
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Essay (50): Through the class we will look at different critiques of displays, thinking plurally about feminist approaches to displays (broadly constructed) and museum sites. The essay is a 3000 word piece (excluding references) that critically engages with an exhibition on display in a Vienna-based science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine museum. This essay should demonstrate a mastery of primary and secondary sources; as well as the use of visual evidence in science and technology studies. This Essay is due 1st June 2024.
Participation (40): You are expected to contribute throughout the class, to engage in active and informed discussions, and deliver content to your colleagues. Developing skills to ask questions with meaning and thought behind them and engage in intellectual and informed conversation is fundamental to academic environments. Collegiality will be emphasized. A participation element is highlighted in each week that you are expected to come prepared with (each of the seven sessions will be scored out of 5); and the remaining five (5) points will be awarded for participation in other discussions throughout the course.
Brief Blog (10): You will be paired with another student at the start of the class, and for one of the sessions the two of you will write up to 300 words in a blog-style summarizing the session and reflecting on what is discussed. Text, words, video are appropriate. Each student contributes (as part of a pair) to only one session review.
Participation (40): You are expected to contribute throughout the class, to engage in active and informed discussions, and deliver content to your colleagues. Developing skills to ask questions with meaning and thought behind them and engage in intellectual and informed conversation is fundamental to academic environments. Collegiality will be emphasized. A participation element is highlighted in each week that you are expected to come prepared with (each of the seven sessions will be scored out of 5); and the remaining five (5) points will be awarded for participation in other discussions throughout the course.
Brief Blog (10): You will be paired with another student at the start of the class, and for one of the sessions the two of you will write up to 300 words in a blog-style summarizing the session and reflecting on what is discussed. Text, words, video are appropriate. Each student contributes (as part of a pair) to only one session review.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The grading scheme is based on a total of 100 points. These points will be awarded in relation to students’ performance in meeting the course learning aims in the different obligatory tasks.
The maximum number of points to be acquired for each task is:
Essay, 50, assessed individually, feedback by lecturer
Individual Participation, 40, assessed individually, feedback on request
Brief Blog, 10, assessed individually, feedback on requestA minimum of 50 points is necessary to successfully complete the course. Failure to meet the attendance regulations, to deliver course assignments on time or to adhere to standards of academic work may result in a deduction of points.Grades
100-89 points Excellent (1)
88-76 points Good (2)
75-63 points Satisfactory (3)
62-50 points Sufficient (4)
49-0 points Unsatisfactory (5) (fail)Attendance
Please note: If you miss the first session of the course unexcused, you will be automatically de-registered.
Presence and participation is compulsory. The course takes place in person. Only in exceptional cases online participation is possible (e.g. in case of positive Covid test results). This must be discussed with the lecturer in advance. In any case, online participation also means that it is the student's responsibility to actively participate in the course.
Absences of four hours at maximum are tolerated, provided that the lecturer is informed about the absence. Absences of up to eight hours in total may be compensated by either a deduction of grading points or/and extra work agreed with the lecturer. Whether compensation is possible is decided by the lecturer.
Absences of more than eight hours in total cannot be compensated. In this case, or if the lecturer does not allow a student to compensate absences of more than four hours, the course cannot be completed and is graded as a ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the attendance requirements on the student’s side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.Important Grading Information
If not explicitly noted otherwise, all requirements mentioned in the grading scheme and the attendance regulations must be met. If a required task is not fulfilled, e.g. a required assignment is not handed in or if the student does not meet the attendance requirements, this will be considered as a discontinuation of the course. In that case, the course will be graded as ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the task on the student's side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as ‘not assessed’ and will be entered into the electronic exam record as ‘fraudulently obtained’. Self-plagiarism, particularly re-using own work handed in for other courses, will be treated likewise.This course uses the plagiarism-detection service Turnitin for larger assignments.
The maximum number of points to be acquired for each task is:
Essay, 50, assessed individually, feedback by lecturer
Individual Participation, 40, assessed individually, feedback on request
Brief Blog, 10, assessed individually, feedback on requestA minimum of 50 points is necessary to successfully complete the course. Failure to meet the attendance regulations, to deliver course assignments on time or to adhere to standards of academic work may result in a deduction of points.Grades
100-89 points Excellent (1)
88-76 points Good (2)
75-63 points Satisfactory (3)
62-50 points Sufficient (4)
49-0 points Unsatisfactory (5) (fail)Attendance
Please note: If you miss the first session of the course unexcused, you will be automatically de-registered.
Presence and participation is compulsory. The course takes place in person. Only in exceptional cases online participation is possible (e.g. in case of positive Covid test results). This must be discussed with the lecturer in advance. In any case, online participation also means that it is the student's responsibility to actively participate in the course.
Absences of four hours at maximum are tolerated, provided that the lecturer is informed about the absence. Absences of up to eight hours in total may be compensated by either a deduction of grading points or/and extra work agreed with the lecturer. Whether compensation is possible is decided by the lecturer.
Absences of more than eight hours in total cannot be compensated. In this case, or if the lecturer does not allow a student to compensate absences of more than four hours, the course cannot be completed and is graded as a ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the attendance requirements on the student’s side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.Important Grading Information
If not explicitly noted otherwise, all requirements mentioned in the grading scheme and the attendance regulations must be met. If a required task is not fulfilled, e.g. a required assignment is not handed in or if the student does not meet the attendance requirements, this will be considered as a discontinuation of the course. In that case, the course will be graded as ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the task on the student's side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as ‘not assessed’ and will be entered into the electronic exam record as ‘fraudulently obtained’. Self-plagiarism, particularly re-using own work handed in for other courses, will be treated likewise.This course uses the plagiarism-detection service Turnitin for larger assignments.
Examination topics
Reading list
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Th 15.02.2024 14:27
This course will take on STS, drawing on literature and practice from the museum world, and will see engagement with gender curator Dr Sophie Gerber at the Technical Museum Vienna. We will learn how to develop sophisticated cultural readings of the museum displays, and multiple ways of articulating these the readings and critical approaches, and analysis of audience engagement, through writing and action.By the end of the class you will be able to:
• Describe the uses of feminist approaches to material culture, exhibitions, audience work in museums
• Explain how and why particular narratives exist in popular media
• Critically analyses the narratives in scientific material culture of media to understand what is being socially constructed in museums
• Understand that science, technologies and the societies in which they are developed mutually inform each other