Universität Wien
Warning! The directory is not yet complete and will be amended until the beginning of the term.

240533 SE Armchair Tourism: Travel, Ethnography and Visual Culture (P4) (2018S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Participation at first session is obligatory!

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).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 05.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 05.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 06.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
  • Wednesday 07.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 08.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 09.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 14.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 15.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 16.03. 15:00 - 17:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course provides a historical, theoretical and critical overview of the major debates which relate to armchair tourism: the ‘experiencing’ of foreign cultures without leaving home. Armchair tourism is studied from a variety of perspectives, underpinned by the premise that the development of anthropology, visual culture and the social leisure activity of travel are all integrally related. Ranging from the nineteenth century to the current date, subjects covered include stereoviews, magic lantern slides, panoramas, dioramas, postcards, the flâneur, world fairs, travelling shows, public zoos, circuses and museums, illustrated books, television and souvenirs. Sessions will be conducted through lectures and seminars, supported by screenings and local field trips.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to:
1) Identify the key components of the debates that relate to armchair tourism.
2) Contextualise these debates historically, theoretically, and critically.
3) Evaluate developments in the experience of travel through visual culture.
Compare and contrast media across different eras and cultures.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active engagement in class discussions
Written seminar paper (details are provided in the seminar)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presence in the seminar
Seminar papers
Discussion in the class

Examination topics

Written papers, engagement in discussions

Reading list

Key publications:
1) Alison Griffiths, Wondrous Difference: Cinema, Anthropology, and Turn-of-the-Century Visual Culture (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002).
2) Jeffrey Ruoff (ed), Virtual Voyages: Cinema and Travel (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2006).
3) Ellen Strain, Public Places, Private Places: Ethnography, Entertainment, and the Tourist Gaze (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2003).

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:40