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240521 SE New Identities, Cultural Performance and Media (P4) (2018S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Participation at first session is obligatory!
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 01.02.2018 00:01 to Mo 26.02.2018 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 19.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 16.03. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Friday 20.04. 11:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Saturday 21.04. 11:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Friday 08.06. 11:30 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Saturday 09.06. 11:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Tasks
Presence at the sessions (participants can miss 6 hours of the seminar)
Active contribution to discussions
Research into central concepts + media content for discussion
Reading and preparing 6 articles/chapters for discussion (short comments to each text have to be uploaded on moodle before the sessions)
Outline of seminar paper (500 words + selected bibliography)
Presentation of outline including one ethnographic example
Seminar paper (in English or German, 5000 words)
Presence at the sessions (participants can miss 6 hours of the seminar)
Active contribution to discussions
Research into central concepts + media content for discussion
Reading and preparing 6 articles/chapters for discussion (short comments to each text have to be uploaded on moodle before the sessions)
Outline of seminar paper (500 words + selected bibliography)
Presentation of outline including one ethnographic example
Seminar paper (in English or German, 5000 words)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Marking
The seminar paper has to combine the discussion of theoretical perspectives and a case study (from the literature), it has to be positive in order to pass the seminar. Last deadline for seminar paper 01/09/2018. Mark: Seminar paper 50%, activities in class 25%, outline and small papers (see above) 25%.
The seminar paper has to combine the discussion of theoretical perspectives and a case study (from the literature), it has to be positive in order to pass the seminar. Last deadline for seminar paper 01/09/2018. Mark: Seminar paper 50%, activities in class 25%, outline and small papers (see above) 25%.
Examination topics
Presentations, written papers, engagement in discussions and work in small groups.
Reading list
Dudrah, R., Mader, E., B. Fuchs (eds) (2015). Shah Rukh Khan and Global Bollywood. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Eriksen, T. H. (2007). Globalization: The Key Concepts. Oxford, Berg Publishers.
Graham, L. R., & Penny, H. G. (2014). Performing Indigeneity: Global histories and contemporary experiences. University of Nebraska Press.
Grimes, R. (2006). Rite out of Place. Ritual, Media, and the Arts. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Lewis, L. (2013). The anthropology of cultural performance. Springer.
Eriksen, T. H. (2007). Globalization: The Key Concepts. Oxford, Berg Publishers.
Graham, L. R., & Penny, H. G. (2014). Performing Indigeneity: Global histories and contemporary experiences. University of Nebraska Press.
Grimes, R. (2006). Rite out of Place. Ritual, Media, and the Arts. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Lewis, L. (2013). The anthropology of cultural performance. Springer.
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Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:40
Participants will acquire competences for an anthropological analysis of multiple interconnections between cultural performance, media and identities as part of the construction and enactment of cultural configurations in changing contexts. This seminar can also be used as a preparation for the methods/field seminar 'Ritual and Cultural Performance' (winter term 2018).
Content
Cultural performances comprise a wide range elements that are closely linked to the construction and representation of identities. They also constitute an important feature of global cultural flows, shape processes of cultural transfer and hybridization, and are in turn shaped by them. On the one hand, the seminar will focus on theoretical concepts that help to analyse such cultural practises at the interface of performance, ritual, media, material culture and visual culture in connection with processes of cultural/social transformation, globalisation, post colonialism and transcultural processes. We will investigate case studies in connection with Indian cinema, globalisation and diaspora on the one hand, and the performance of indigeneity on the other hand.
Methods
The seminar will take place in three parts. The first section (March 16) is dedicated to a general introduction to the topic and the structure of the seminar; the second session (April 20/21) will focus on central concepts in connection with media content of related cultural performances as well as on the discussion of texts (in working groups as well as in the plenary); the third section (June 8/9) comprises the discussion of texts and media content in regard to selected fields of research, and the presentation of outlines of the seminar paper.