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124070 VO Culture, Society and the Media (2022S)
Human and Nonhuman Bodies: Representing Animals, Environments, and Machines in Media
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Details
Sprache: Englisch
Prüfungstermine
- Dienstag 28.06.2022 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Montag 03.10.2022 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
- Montag 28.11.2022 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Montag 30.01.2023 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
This course will take place in person.
The lecturer for this course is employed on a fixed-term contract and is not a member of the faculty.
- Dienstag 08.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 15.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 22.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 29.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 05.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 26.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 03.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 10.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 17.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 24.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 31.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 14.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
- Dienstag 21.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Since at least the Renaissance, the "human" has been the central, organising concept of cultural, philosophical, scientific, political, economic, historical, literary and critical debates. However, in recent years significant theoretical developments and advancements in animal studies, nonhuman studies, posthumanism, ecocriticsm, and ecofeminism have challenged the correctness and ethics of studying culture exclusively through theoretical paradigms and constructions that centre and elevate 'the human’. By focusing rather on media representations, narratives and experiences of animals, landscapes, machines, networks, cyborgs, and AI in diverse historical contexts, cultural practices, and representational modes, together we will explore the very notion of culture (what it excludes and why, its unspoken assumptions and exploitations) and consider how, in an increasingly mechanised and digitised cultural realm, the limits of the human are being redrawn.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Final 90 minute exam based on the course materials.
The exam will have 3 parts:
Part 1: Students are required to answer 5 of 6 questions asking for definitions of/reflections on core concepts and theories from our course with media examples.
Part 2: Students are required to answer 5 of 6 questions asking for definitions of/reflections on core concepts and theories from our course with media examples.
Part 3: Write a short essay (intro, analysis, conclusion) on the cultural text given using 5 keywords the way they are used in Nonhuman Studies.
The exam will have 3 parts:
Part 1: Students are required to answer 5 of 6 questions asking for definitions of/reflections on core concepts and theories from our course with media examples.
Part 2: Students are required to answer 5 of 6 questions asking for definitions of/reflections on core concepts and theories from our course with media examples.
Part 3: Write a short essay (intro, analysis, conclusion) on the cultural text given using 5 keywords the way they are used in Nonhuman Studies.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
All content covered in the lecture series will be relevant for the final exam, which will count for the entirety of the participant's grade. The benchmark for passing the exam is at 60%.
Grades in %:
1 (very good): 90-100
2 (good): 80-89
3 (satisfactory): 70-79
4 (pass): 60-69
5 (fail): 0-59
Grades in %:
1 (very good): 90-100
2 (good): 80-89
3 (satisfactory): 70-79
4 (pass): 60-69
5 (fail): 0-59
Prüfungsstoff
All content covered in the lecture series will be relevant for the exam. In particular, students are required to define and discuss the key theoretical concepts discussed in the lectures from nonhuman studies, animal studies, ecocriticism and posthumanism, and to apply them to a given piece of media.
Literatur
Jacques Derrida, "The Animal That Therefore I Am" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Val Plumwood, "Feminism and the Mastery of Nature" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Roxana Preda, "The Angel in the Ecosystem Revisited: Disney's Pocahontas and Postmodern Ethics"
Jane Bennett, "Vibrant Matter" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Donna J. Haraway, "The Cyborg Manifesto"
N. Katherine Hayles, "How We Became Posthuman" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Mark Nixon, "Slow Violence" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Julia Kristeva, "Powers of Horror" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Val Plumwood, "Feminism and the Mastery of Nature" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Roxana Preda, "The Angel in the Ecosystem Revisited: Disney's Pocahontas and Postmodern Ethics"
Jane Bennett, "Vibrant Matter" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Donna J. Haraway, "The Cyborg Manifesto"
N. Katherine Hayles, "How We Became Posthuman" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Mark Nixon, "Slow Violence" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Julia Kristeva, "Powers of Horror" [Excerpts on Moodle]
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Studium: BA 612, EC 125, EC 126; BEd 046
Code/Modul: BA07.1, EC Cultural and Regional Studies 1; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-4070
Code/Modul: BA07.1, EC Cultural and Regional Studies 1; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-4070
Letzte Änderung: Fr 16.09.2022 14:28