240527 SE Digital identities (P4) (2020W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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).
- Registration is open from Tu 01.09.2020 00:01 to We 23.09.2020 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 19.10.2020 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Update 11.12.2020: Due to the current Covid-19 Situation the course will change to digital till the end of the semester.
Update 3.11.2020: Due to the current Covid-19 Situation the course will change to digital till the end of the year.
Thursday
08.10.
15:00 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Wednesday
14.10.
15:00 - 18:15
Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Wednesday
28.10.
15:00 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Wednesday
11.11.
15:00 - 18:15
Digital
Wednesday
25.11.
15:00 - 18:15
Digital
Thursday
03.12.
15:00 - 18:15
Digital
Tuesday
12.01.
15:00 - 18:15
Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
‘Who are we’ when we are online? What do we do? How are these activities related to what we do when we are offline? How do the answers to these questions differ across geographical contexts? These are some of the key questions that we will address during the seminar. The question of how we use digital media and this use’s transformative effects are situated within emerging trends from ethnographies of digital media that challenge the idea of a universal and homogenous experience around them. During the seminar, we will discuss identities connected to diverse experiences and practices, across several regions of the world, ranging from those arising through the use of social media, digitally based politics, and governance to gaming among others. We will focus on how difference is produced in the digital spaces under analysis and, within those, users’ agentic formations within the societies in question.
Assessment and permitted materials
1) Regular attendance (up to 1 session may be missed)
2) Active and critical engagement with the assigned readings, and submission of a discussion paper (1-2 pages) prior to each session as well as participation in the course discussions
3) Presentation of a reading (the presentation will last for 10 minutes during which the student will introduce the selected reading’s author as well as her methods, theories and arguments), preparation of questions emerging from the presentation and chairing of the discussion
4) Submission of a term exam paper (8-10 pages)
2) Active and critical engagement with the assigned readings, and submission of a discussion paper (1-2 pages) prior to each session as well as participation in the course discussions
3) Presentation of a reading (the presentation will last for 10 minutes during which the student will introduce the selected reading’s author as well as her methods, theories and arguments), preparation of questions emerging from the presentation and chairing of the discussion
4) Submission of a term exam paper (8-10 pages)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive grade, 51 % is required90-100 %= 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5Written exams will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
-language and style (spelling and grammar)
-thorough understanding of the readings discussed in class
-use of the literature (choice of relevant readings, accuracy of the citations and arguments)
-clarity of arguments
-reflexivity
-critical thinking and originalityActive participation in the course discussions will be assessed both in terms of the quantity and the quality of the students’ contributions.
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5Written exams will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
-language and style (spelling and grammar)
-thorough understanding of the readings discussed in class
-use of the literature (choice of relevant readings, accuracy of the citations and arguments)
-clarity of arguments
-reflexivity
-critical thinking and originalityActive participation in the course discussions will be assessed both in terms of the quantity and the quality of the students’ contributions.
Examination topics
Presentations, written papers, and active participation in discussions
Reading list
Boellstorff T. 2011. Placing the virtual body: Avatar, chora, cypherg. In E.F. Mascia-Lees (ed.) A companion to the anthropology of the body and embodiment. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 504-520______ 2008. Coming of age in second life: An anthropologist explores the virtually human. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, pp. 3-31Bonilla Y. and Rosa J. 2015. #Ferguson. Digital protest, hashtag ethnography, and the racial politics of social media in the United States. American Ethnologist 42(1): 4-17Coleman G. 2011. Hacker politics and publics. Public Culture 23(3): 511-516_____ 2010. Ethnographic approaches to digital media. Annual Review of Anthropology 39: 48-505Dandurand G. 2019. When biopolitics turn digital: Transparency, corruption, and erasures from the infrastructure of rationing in Delhi. PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 42(2): 268-282Gershon I. 2014. Selling your self in the United States. PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 37(2): 281-295Juris J.S. 2012. Reflections on #Occupy everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation. American Ethnologist 39(2): 259-279Kusimba S. 2018 "It is easy for women to ask!": Gender and digital finance in Kenya. Economic Anthropology 5: 247-260Mazzarella W. 2010. Beautiful balloon: The digital divide and the charisma of new media in India. American Ethnologist 37(4): 783-804Miller D. 2018. Digital anthropology. In F. Stein, S. Lazar, M. Candea, H. Diemberger, J. Robbins, A. Sanchez and R. Stasch (eds.) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of AnthropologyMiller D. and Sinanan J. 2017. Visualising Facebook. A comparative perspective. London: University College Press, pp. 1-56Miller D. et al. 2016. How the world changed social media. London: University College Press, pp. 1-24 and 42-69Nardi B. 2010. My life as a night elf priest. An anthropological account of World of Warcraft. Ann Arbor: The university of Michigan Press and the University of Michigan Library, pp. 3-26Noguerón-Liu S. 2016. ¿Usted Va al Capitolio También?: Adult immigrants’ positioning in response to news and digital media about immigration policy. Anthropology & Education Quarterly 47(2): 113-129Omari J. 2018. Digital access amongst the marginalized: Democracy and internet governance in Rio de Janeiro. PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 41(2): 277-289Poggiali L. 2016. Seeing (from) digital peripheries: Technology and transparency in Kenya's Silicon Savannah. Cultural Anthropologist 31(3): 387411PohawpatchokoC., ColwellC., PowellJ. and Lassos J. 2017. Developing a native digital voice: Technology and inclusivity in museums. Museum Anthropology 40(1): 52-64Postill J. and Pink S. 2012. Social media ethnography: The digital researcher in a messy web. Media International Australia 145(1): 123-134Rea S.C. 2018. Calibrating play: Sociotemporality in South Korean digital gaming culture. American Anthropologist 120(3): 500511Shirinian T. 2019. Fakeness: Digital inauthenticity and emergent political tactics in Armenia. PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 42(2): 347-361Uimonen P. 2019. #MeToo in Sweden: Museum collections, digital archiving and hashtag visuality. Ethnos 1-18
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