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170223 UE Practical Course "Media Transitions" (2016W)

Fandom Cultures

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 17 - Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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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. 70 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

From Fanny Elsßler’s shoe to the concept of transformative works: What is a fan and what does fandom mean? Which conceptions of subjectivity fuel specific modes of presentation and how does participation – subversive as well as affirmative – change the relationship between production and reception? How will notions like authorship or oeuvre have to be rethought against the backdrop of democratic structures (fair use) and legal aspects (copyright)? Is there an inherent possibility in fandom and fan works to grasp creative contexts as a form of cultural acting? How do these questions invite the development of new theoretical frameworks?

  • Wednesday 12.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 19.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 09.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 16.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 23.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 30.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 07.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 14.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 11.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 18.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
  • Wednesday 25.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goals:
• Transdisciplinary awareness and understanding of current developments in performative/media cultures
• Independent application of interdisciplinary theoretic approach to selected contexts and samples
• Theory design with regards to transdisciplinary questions and impulses

Contents:
The class deals with fandom cultures – in particular in relation to serial formats of the past 25 years – and their role as a growing field of academic research. Central to the class are aspects of partiuclar relevance to theater and media studies, such as intermediality, participation/agency and the performance of affective cultures and positions of subjectivity.

Methods: reading, debate, analysis, reflection, instructed/independent small-group work

Assessment and permitted materials

Reading Card / in part possible: creative writing exercise
participation in an 'expert group' (sign-up via Moodle)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presence in class (beyond breathing), participation in discussions.
Required reading (of German & English texts)
Participation in an "expert group" who will prepare and moderate part of one class session
Writing of Reading Cards (required: 6 out of 9)

Examination topics

There will be no additional exam.

Reading list

Syllabus materials and required reading will be available via moodle or reserve shelf.

Association in the course directory

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