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080011 SE B510 Culture and Habitat: Urban soundscapes (2016W)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Die Plenartermine während der Besprechungsrunde im November und der Präsentationen im Jänner wird mit den Studierenden gemeinsam festgelegt.

  • Monday 03.10. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 10.10. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 17.10. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 24.10. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 31.10. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 07.11. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 14.11. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 21.11. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 28.11. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 05.12. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 12.12. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 09.01. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 16.01. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 23.01. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Monday 30.01. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 2 (4.Stock) EE Hanuschgasse

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goals: The seminar wants to introduce you to research less "on" sound but "through" sound. Finding your thematic fields and choosing the appropriate medium of presentation (writing, recording), is part of the overall task that will hone your perceptual capacities and practice of cultural analysis.
Content: Urban soundscapes are an expression of an urban culture that comprises aesthetic and technological features. They either enhance or contradict the visual logic of urban society and its practices, and they call strongly for the application of an aesthetics of engagement (Berleant). Urban sound as perceived can be approached in its historical variability; this will need a honed source critique. It can be approached by actual perception; this requires a honed awareness and methodology adapted to sensory practices. It can also be investigated as structuring spatial segments where sound practices constitute dynamic "identities" that differ from static architectural beacons. The special conditions of sound milieus invite unconventional formats of your term papers that can also be sound files or class excursions to your "field".
Methods: Introductory lessons by the teacher. Course language, including presentations and excursions is English, papers can be delivered in other languages.
Detailed information see http://www.iacsa.eu/urbansoundscapes/guide.pdf

Assessment and permitted materials

The score per assignment/action is added and marked according to the following grading:
>= 87,5 excellent/sehr gut (1
>= 75 good/gut (2)
>= 62,5 satisfactory/befriedigend (3)
>= 50 adequate/genügend (4)
< 50 inadequate/nicht genügend (5)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course has continuous assessment. Presence respectively adviroy appointments are mandatory. Two absences are allowed.
1. 4-minute-sound record, 5 pts
2. Thematic draft, 5 pts
3. Advisory meeting, 10 pts
4. Paper outlines (research methodology, or media pool, or bibliography), 20 pts
5. Presentation, 30 pts
6. Seminar paper, 30 pts

Examination topics

Your thematic and methodological choice gives you command on the progress, content and structure of your presentation and term paper/medium. The term paper/medium is due for February 28, 2017 at latest.

Reading list

The articles (in English) http://www.iacsa.eu/jw/winkler_space-sound-time_10-09-19.pdf, http://www.iacsa.eu/jw/winkler_2008_aural_city.pdf and (in German) http://www.iacsa.eu/jw/winkler_2012_klanglandschaft_zeitlandschaft.pdf give you outlines of the thematic field. More readings will be dispatched specific to your themes and put online in Moodle.

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