Universität Wien

240523 SE About laughing and crying - objects tell us their far-reaching stories (P4) (2022S)

Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used for courses with continuous assessment.

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).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Update 17.2.2022: First session was changed.
Update 1.03.2022: The course changed from on site to hybrid. ÜR kann be used as a studyzone during the digital sessions.
Update 16.03.2022: The course will be digital until the easter holidays.

Due to the current Covid 19 situation, it can be assumed that the seminar will take place exclusively online, at least initially.
However, attendance dates are planned for the second half of the semester.

  • Tuesday 08.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 15.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 22.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 29.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 05.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 26.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 03.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 10.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 17.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 24.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 31.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 14.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 21.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 28.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The theme of the seminar is the ambiguity and the epochal ambivalence in the interpretation of testimonies of material culture, which will be questioned and analyzed in their sustainability, meaning and sense-making on the basis of examples from Oceania and Southeast Asia.
The aim is to reflect on iconic objects and in doing so to answer the question why individual objects can attain outstanding significance while other similar objects remain unnoticeable. Is it "only" the materiality, the processing and the context-bound use of the objects? Or are there more complex stories behind them, where cultu, ritual, politics and religion and fashion trends mix?
At the end of the seminar, participants should have a much greater awareness of how to deal with objects and the far-reaching consequences they can trigger.

Assessment and permitted materials

1.) Active participation in the seminar;
2.) Presentation and discussion of an object in the context of a short paper;
3.) Submission of a written seminar paper of approx. 8-15 A4 pages.
Details on these three requirements will be given in the seminar.
Allowed tools: all (open book)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Prerequisite for a positive grade is a successful short presentation with the presentation, reflection and interpretation of an object of material culture, as well as the written elaboration and processing of this object, whereby both a theoretical embedding and reference to methodological approaches must be mentioned.
The evaluation is based on a point system: 16 points are awarded. 0-8 points = insufficient; 9-10 points = sufficient; 11-12 points = satisfactory; 13-14 points = good; 15-16 points = very good.

Examination topics

Presentations will be given in the seminar. In the course of their reflection and criticism in the plenum, hints for the written elaboration are given, which are topic-related in each case.

Reading list

In the seminar, appropriate literature references will be given during the presentations; likewise in the two introductory double lessons. A literature list with basic works that are useful for working on the assigned tasks will be handed out in the first half of the seminar. It also contains further literature.

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Last modified: Th 11.05.2023 11:28