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5008687: FU_Mapping Modern Media

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Semester:WS 20/21
Type:Seminar
Language:English
Scheduled in semester:1 - 8
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:30.0 L / 22.5 h
Self-directed study time:67.5 h

Module coordination/Lecturers

Curricula

Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration (01.09.2012)
Master's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2014)
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2014)
Cross faculty elective subjects (01.09.2014)
Master's degree programme in Information Systems (01.09.2015)
Master's degree programme in Finance (01.09.2015)
Master's degree programme in Entrepreneurship (01.09.2015)
Master's degree programme in Entrepreneurship and Management (01.09.2018)
Master's degree programme in Information Systems (01.09.2019)
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2019)
Master's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2019)
Master's degree programme in Entrepreneurship and Management (01.09.2020)
Master's degree programme in Finance (01.09.2020)

Description

Everybody is talking about the media. The word is that traditional mass media are dying out while new digital media are about to revolutionize modern society. But what are "the media"? Instead of reviewing what media scholars wrote on this question, we will try to give answers by inquiring into our everyday life: What do you personally regard as a media experience? Who or what plays a role in this course of actio

Lecture Goals

  • Exploration of mapping and cartography
  • Introduction into the sociology of actor-network theory
  • Encouragement of critical thinking
  • Experiments with graphical representations

Qualifications

Admission Requirements

  • Close reading
  • Teamwork
  • Presentations
  • Individual projects

Literature

Deleuze, Gilles: What is a dispositif? [French 1989], in: Michel Foucault Philosopher, ed. and trans. Timothy J. Armstrong, New York: Routledge 1992, pp. 159-168
Ganahl, Simon: Campus Medius: Digital Mapping in the Humanities, in: spheres: Journal for Digital Culture, #1: Politics after Networks (2018), URL: https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/3814, see also URL: https://campusmedius.net
Kim, Annette Miae: Critical Cartography Primer, in: Sidewalk City. Remapping Public Space in Ho Chi Minh City, Chicago: University Press 2015, pp. 112-145
Latour, Bruno: Reassembling the Social. An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory, Oxford: University Press 2005
Perec, Georges: Reading: A Socio-physiological Sketch [French 1976], in: Thoughts of Sorts, trans. David Bellos, Boston: Godine 2009, pp. 87-102
Presner, Todd et al.: HyperCities. Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities, Cambridge: Harvard University Press 2014

Exam Modalities

  • Course based on continuous assessment, details see under "assessment".
  • Meeting attendance obligations is an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
  • Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time. Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
  • In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.
  • Participation in other activities of the university are not recognized as an excused absence.

Assessment

Grading

Assessment tasks:
Attendance and participation (20%)
Reading and debating in groups (20%)
Presentations of individual projects (20%)
Final project in the form of a blog (40%)

Compulsory attendance (min. 80%)

Comments

Dozent/Lecturer: Dr. Simon Ganahl (http://www.fsw.uzh.ch/personenaz/lehrstuhlsarasin/ganahl.html)

Dates

DatumZeitRaum
07.09.202009:30 - 17:00H7 (Fabrikweg)
10.09.202009:30 - 17:00H7 (Fabrikweg)
11.09.202009:30 - 17:00H7 (Fabrikweg)
14.11.202010:00 - 17:30H2