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240089 SE Identity, sociality and communality in times of digital media technologies (P4) (2012W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Compulsory attendance in the first unit!
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 Sa 01.09.2012 00:01 to Su 23.09.2012 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 14.10.2012 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 10.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 17.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 24.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 31.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 07.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 14.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 21.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 28.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 05.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 12.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 09.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 16.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 23.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 30.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
New media as well as information and communication technologies allow for the construction of new forms of communality, social networks and virtual spaces for collaboration. Within those processes, different forms of identity, their construction, negotiation and transformation become crucial. What kind of identity concepts can be applied within these new sociocultural spaces? How to capture and analyse collective identities on the internet? Where are the boundaries of theoretical and analytical concepts, such as community and network, in relation to mediated identities? With the support of different case studies, students investigate identity, sociality and communality within different digital and online environments. First research experience and results are then discussed among peers.In this course students get a brief overview about identity concepts and the possibility to deploy them within empirical research projects. Projects should be carried out preferably in small research 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.
Assessment and permitted materials
Course assessment comprises a written report at the end of the semester, the presentation of research projects and the active participation in the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students in this course learn about and to work with different forms of identity construction and processes of sociality and communality, which have been made possible through digital media technologies, such as the internet.
Examination topics
Reading list
Alcoff, L. M. & E. Mendieta. (Hg.) 2003. Identities: Race, class, gender and nationality. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Bell, D. 2001. An introduction to cybercultures. London: Routledge.
Bräuchler, B. 2005. Cyberidentities at War: Der Molukkenkonflikt im Internet. Bielefeld: Transcript.
Brubacker, R. & F. Cooper. 2000. Beyond "identity". Theory and Society 29: 1-47.
Budka, P., Bell, B., & A. Fiser. 2009. MyKnet.org: How Northern Ontario's First Nation communities made themselves at home on the World Wide Web. The Journal of Community Informatics, 5(2), Online: http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/568/450
Hakken, D. 1999. Cyborgs@Cyberspace. An ethnographer looks to the future. London: Routledge.
Miller, D. & D. Slater. 2000. The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach. Oxford: Berg.
Postill, J. 2008. Localising the internet beyond communities and networks. New Media and Society 10 (3): 413-431.
Bell, D. 2001. An introduction to cybercultures. London: Routledge.
Bräuchler, B. 2005. Cyberidentities at War: Der Molukkenkonflikt im Internet. Bielefeld: Transcript.
Brubacker, R. & F. Cooper. 2000. Beyond "identity". Theory and Society 29: 1-47.
Budka, P., Bell, B., & A. Fiser. 2009. MyKnet.org: How Northern Ontario's First Nation communities made themselves at home on the World Wide Web. The Journal of Community Informatics, 5(2), Online: http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/568/450
Hakken, D. 1999. Cyborgs@Cyberspace. An ethnographer looks to the future. London: Routledge.
Miller, D. & D. Slater. 2000. The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach. Oxford: Berg.
Postill, J. 2008. Localising the internet beyond communities and networks. New Media and Society 10 (3): 413-431.
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