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240086 SE Media technologies as material culture (P4) (2014S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Participation at first session is obligatory!
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Details

max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 10.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 17.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 24.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 31.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 07.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 28.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 05.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 12.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 19.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 26.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 02.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 16.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 23.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 30.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Digital media technologies, such as cell and smart phones, laptops, organisers, PDAs, etc., have become important information and communication devices, particularly via the internet. For social and cultural anthropology it is of particular interest how those technologies are integrated and embedded into daily practices, by considering changing sociocultural, political and economic contexts. In this course we focus on the material aspects of those technologies and how they are utilized. Questions about the relevance of material culture for technology appropriation as well as questions about different usage practices in an understanding of technology as material culture are discussed.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Course assessment comprises a written report at the end of the semester, the presentation of research projects and the active participation in the course.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

This course gives an overview about material culture as conceptual approach to understand media technologies. The focus is on digital media technologies and how they are integrated and practised in every day life.

Prüfungsstoff

By working on different case studies, students get a comparative overview about material culture in the context of media technologies. Students conduct empirical research projects within teams. The university's online learning management system is used to provide resources and content as well as to foster student's exchange and communication beyond the classroom.

Literatur

Appadurai, A. 1986. Introduction: commodities and the politics of value. In A. Appadurai (ed.), The social life of things: Commodities in cultural perspective (pp. 3-63). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Horst, H. & Miller, D. 2006. The cell phone: An anthropology of communication. Oxford: Berg.
Horst, H. & Miller, D. (eds.) 2012. Digital Anthropology. London: Berg.
Miller, D. 1997. Material cultures: Why some things matter. London: Routledge.
Peterson, M. A. 2003. Anthropology and mass communication: Media and myth in the new millennium. New York: Berghahn.
Pfaffenberger, B. 1988. Fetishised objects and humanised nature: Towards an anthropology of technology. Man, 23(2), 236-252.
Pfaffenberger, B. 1992. Social anthropology of technology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 21, 491-516.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:39