Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Media and Cultural Studies
Universität Potsdam, Institut für Künste und Medien
Neues Palais 1.1.110
Am Neuen Palais 10
14469 Potsdam
Tel. 030 84183065
suheyla.schroeder@gmail.com
Sprechstunde
Monday, 16.00 - 17.00
Veranstaltungen
Sommer 2012
Mediated Identities: Gender, Ethnicity and Class
Mediated Identities: Gender, Ethnicity and Class
The course is concerned with generation and transmission of ‘identity’ through the media. Students will explore how media representations interrelate with constructions of gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, etc. Thus this course aims to examine how these categories intersect and are co-constitutive in the making of social identities both in Europe and beyond.
First, the course will provide a conceptual overview of how these key social categories organize social, political and economic life in society. We will then examine various forms of media texts such as films, television, advertising as well as the print media to discuss how the intersecting categories are represented and how ‘modern’ people acquire a variety of identities through reading and interpreting different media texts. We will also consider how the larger historical processes, particularly immigration and globalization, have mediated the construction of “intersectional” identities in different cultural contexts. By interrogating techniques and technologies of (re)production of meanings in the media, students will learn how to think critically about the discursive formations of subjects, others, and media culture.
The concept of mediated identities is positioned at the intersection of many domains and disciplines: social, cultural, political, psychoanalytical, visual, linguistic etc. The course will introduce students various media and cultural studies approaches in order to provide a better understanding about the intersection of key social categories, identity formation and the media.
The course is concerned with generation and transmission of ‘identity’ through the media. Students will explore how media representations interrelate with constructions of gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, etc. Thus this course aims to examine how these categories intersect and are co-constitutive in the making of social identities both in Europe and beyond.
First, the course will provide a conceptual overview of how these key social categories organize social, political and economic life in society. We will then examine various forms of media texts such as films, television, advertising as well as the print media to discuss how the intersecting categories are represented and how ‘modern’ people acquire a variety of identities through reading and interpreting different media texts. We will also consider how the larger historical processes, particularly immigration and globalization, have mediated the construction of “intersectional” identities in different cultural contexts. By interrogating techniques and technologies of (re)production of meanings in the media, students will learn how to think critically about the discursive formations of subjects, others, and media culture.
The concept of mediated identities is positioned at the intersection of many domains and disciplines: social, cultural, political, psychoanalytical, visual, linguistic etc. The course will introduce students various media and cultural studies approaches in order to provide a better understanding about the intersection of key social categories, identity formation and the media.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Mo 12-16 14tg ab 16.4.
Ort
UP 1.22.039
SWS
4
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 10
Module (BA): 10
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
Seminar
Leistungspunkte
2
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Sommer 2011
Ringvorlesung "Europe in Move: Intersections, Interactions, Interventions in Artistic Practices"
As Europe from its very beginnings can be seen as a contradicted and fragmented entity, build upon deep tensions, wars, migration, and many failures of unifying Europe, the lecture series will focus on alternative and 'subcultural' projects which are directing the attention to these fractures of Europe. In the last decade many critical practices with respect to the European Union rose. These practices have especially been focusing on questions of migration, economy and wealth as well as on gender issues; most of them are collaborative works involving transdisciplinary and transcultural perspectives and actors – feminist and queer perspectives belong to the driving forces of these new movements. Interestingly the majority of these projects are both political and aesthetical practices: new forms of political-aesthetical practices are growing which are strongly media bound, using different media in specific ways. These political-aesthetical projects are highly self-reflexive and display consciousness about the use of media formats: there are performances, lectures/conferences, exhibitions, videos and film festivals, websites etc. The lecture series focuses on these connections of political and aesthetical strategies and their foundation in medial practices by presenting a range of different arts projects: Artists and groups tba.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
14tägig Donnerstag 18-21 / Beginn 14.04.!
Ort
1.09.1.02
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA, MA
Module (BA): 10
Module (MA): 9
Module (BA): 10
Module (MA): 9
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
Lecture-Reihe / Ringvorlesung
Leistungspunkte
1
Zielgruppe
offen, auch für KuWi und LiKu u PhilFak
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
90
Zusätzliche Informationen
Online-Einschreibung ist nur notwendig, wenn Scheinerwerb erwünscht.
Im Wechsel mit dem Donnerstagskino
Im Wechsel mit dem Donnerstagskino
Deconstructing and Reconstructing Europe in Artistic Practices
A whole range of arts projects and practices have been reflecting on Europe and its political and medial representations by questioning dominant understandings of Europe and proposing alternative concepts of cultural identity. These projects tend to unfold transnationally, connecting various spaces and places of Europe and transmitting a concept of Europeanness that is strongly based on networks and interchange. Many of these projects reflect and deconstruct critical discourse on migration politics and practices. While European migration politics tend to close the boarders, the art projects and networks cross the boundaries, and offer a reading of "Self" and the "Other" against the grain.
In this class a number of case studies will be discussed such as multicultural performances, video art, Internet projects in order to examine which European spaces of communication are emerging, and how alternative, subversive symbols of European identity are produced, circulated, interpreted and experienced. Complex theoretical ideas such as culture, identity, boundary, cultural geography, multiculturalism, diversity will be explored through these case studies. Furthermore the different medial practices in these arts projects will be examined and discussed with respect to students’ own projects that they will be required to develop to complete the course.
In this class a number of case studies will be discussed such as multicultural performances, video art, Internet projects in order to examine which European spaces of communication are emerging, and how alternative, subversive symbols of European identity are produced, circulated, interpreted and experienced. Complex theoretical ideas such as culture, identity, boundary, cultural geography, multiculturalism, diversity will be explored through these case studies. Furthermore the different medial practices in these arts projects will be examined and discussed with respect to students’ own projects that they will be required to develop to complete the course.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Di 14-tägig 14-18 Uhr
Ort
1.01.1.07
SWS
2
Studiengang
MA
Module (MA): 3
Module (MA): 3
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
MA-Seminar im Verbund "identity/politics
Leistungspunkte
2
Zielgruppe
MA
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Zusätzliche Informationen
This course is part of the M.A. network (Verbund) "identity/politics" and is offered together with the course "Quo vadis Europe?" of Prof. Dr. Dieter Mersch and the practical course "Unpacking Europe" (Prof. Anne Quirynen). The coursework for these courses will be organized jointly: students are required to produce a comprehensive project (film, exhibition or website, including documentation, essay and presentation) linking all the theoretical, analytical and practical knowledge and skills. Besides the weekly classes for each course, there will be regular meetings with all the lecturers and students in this network to discuss the project concepts and their progress. Additionally there will be a public lecture series "Europe in Move: Intersections, Interactions, Interventions in Artistic Practices" where some of the artists, whose work we will analyze in the class, will present and discuss their work.
Post-migrant Media and Cultural Networks
New information and communication technologies gain an increasing role in sustaining communication and networks in and across the local, the national and the transnational contexts. The course will examine a particular transnational space in Germany where post-migrant media and cultural forms are produced, circulated and made meaningful by migrants from Turkey as well as larger society. The focus will be on two cultural forms, film and music, and different levels of networks that are formed in the process of production, dissemination and consumption of these cultural forms. We consider key concepts such as globalization, transnationalism, public sphere, the nation, the mediation of personal and social identity, reterritorialisation, hybrid identities, home and belonging. German media and cultural policies towards migrants will be addressed and the dominant discourse on “cultural withdrawal” of the Turkish migrants into satellite broadcasting will be critically examined.
The course will consider the perceived importance of transnational media and cultural forms among migrants from Turkey and discuss the extent to which transcultural space and practices help develop knowledge and awareness about the social, cultural and political context they live in. We will also reflect on the impact of post-migrant cultural space on negotiating identities as a mode of revealing interaction and dialogue as well as political struggle.
Objectives of the course:
- to understand contemporary processes of globalization and transnationalism within which hybrid cultural forms are produced
- to analyze how transnational media and culture transcend national, cultural, communal and geographical boundaries
- to understand the formation of networks in post-migrant cultural practices and their impact on the public sphere
- to provide students with advanced research and analytic skills and the ability to develop and communicate effective arguments in both oral and written form.
The course will consider the perceived importance of transnational media and cultural forms among migrants from Turkey and discuss the extent to which transcultural space and practices help develop knowledge and awareness about the social, cultural and political context they live in. We will also reflect on the impact of post-migrant cultural space on negotiating identities as a mode of revealing interaction and dialogue as well as political struggle.
Objectives of the course:
- to understand contemporary processes of globalization and transnationalism within which hybrid cultural forms are produced
- to analyze how transnational media and culture transcend national, cultural, communal and geographical boundaries
- to understand the formation of networks in post-migrant cultural practices and their impact on the public sphere
- to provide students with advanced research and analytic skills and the ability to develop and communicate effective arguments in both oral and written form.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Mittwoch 12.15-13.45
Ort
1.22.0.39
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 7
Module (BA): 7
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
Seminar
Leistungspunkte
2
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Zusätzliche Informationen
Methodology of teaching:
The format of the course will consist of seminars, workshops and field study. This inter-disciplinary course draws on readings in cultural studies, media studies, postcolonial and postmodern theoretical work. The course will have three components:
• Readings and in-class discussions: Assigned readings and active participation through the means of discussion will provide the basis to gain necessary knowledge on the subject and to develop analytical skills.
• Drawing a methodological framework: Students will be introduced to a wide range of methodologies in order to enable them to analyze complexities of production of hybrid cultural forms and formations of networks as well as reconceptualize and produce knowledge about hybrid identities and productiveness of new spaces of cultural diversity in the German context. In particular, the emphasis will be on conducting interviews, focus group discussion, participant observation and the ways of using field study in the classroom which will help students contribute to scholarly knowledge and enhance their analytical and critical thinking.
• Conducting a field study: Students will be divided into two groups -film and music group- as film and music are the main cultural forms we focus on in this course. Students in each group will be assigned to do field study: this includes interviews with film and music producers, directors, musicians, and other related people who are involved in the networks of production, dissemination and consumption. Conducting semi-structured interviews, observation and taking notes are the main responsibilities of the students in the field study. Then students discuss their fieldwork in a workshop format in the class. Finally, they present their findings to the rest of the class reflecting on previous discussions and theoretical work.
Through this field study, students will probe the production conditions and motivations of hybrid cultural forms and the formation of layers of cultural networks in the fields of film and music. This will provide students better understanding about the interconnection between cultural and social engagement of cultural practitioners and the interrelation between life experiences and academic work. We will collaborate with the Ballhaus Naunynstraße Berlin to organize a film screening and a discussion panel. Dr. Christine Hanke, whose work has a strong focus on film studies, will be the co-organizer and moderator of the panel on trans-migrant film practice. This event will help to reflect on the previous discussions taking place in the classroom as well as to interact and exchange ideas with artists and non-academic circles.
This teaching style and ethos does not only encourage class participation and active reflection by students, at the same time it can furthermore cultivate students’ ability to interact with the cultural environment they live in and to think transnationally. Assessment of the course will be based on students’ research, writing and presentation skills. Students will be responsible for conducting a field study, writing a research diary, doing a class presentation and writing a research report.
The format of the course will consist of seminars, workshops and field study. This inter-disciplinary course draws on readings in cultural studies, media studies, postcolonial and postmodern theoretical work. The course will have three components:
• Readings and in-class discussions: Assigned readings and active participation through the means of discussion will provide the basis to gain necessary knowledge on the subject and to develop analytical skills.
• Drawing a methodological framework: Students will be introduced to a wide range of methodologies in order to enable them to analyze complexities of production of hybrid cultural forms and formations of networks as well as reconceptualize and produce knowledge about hybrid identities and productiveness of new spaces of cultural diversity in the German context. In particular, the emphasis will be on conducting interviews, focus group discussion, participant observation and the ways of using field study in the classroom which will help students contribute to scholarly knowledge and enhance their analytical and critical thinking.
• Conducting a field study: Students will be divided into two groups -film and music group- as film and music are the main cultural forms we focus on in this course. Students in each group will be assigned to do field study: this includes interviews with film and music producers, directors, musicians, and other related people who are involved in the networks of production, dissemination and consumption. Conducting semi-structured interviews, observation and taking notes are the main responsibilities of the students in the field study. Then students discuss their fieldwork in a workshop format in the class. Finally, they present their findings to the rest of the class reflecting on previous discussions and theoretical work.
Through this field study, students will probe the production conditions and motivations of hybrid cultural forms and the formation of layers of cultural networks in the fields of film and music. This will provide students better understanding about the interconnection between cultural and social engagement of cultural practitioners and the interrelation between life experiences and academic work. We will collaborate with the Ballhaus Naunynstraße Berlin to organize a film screening and a discussion panel. Dr. Christine Hanke, whose work has a strong focus on film studies, will be the co-organizer and moderator of the panel on trans-migrant film practice. This event will help to reflect on the previous discussions taking place in the classroom as well as to interact and exchange ideas with artists and non-academic circles.
This teaching style and ethos does not only encourage class participation and active reflection by students, at the same time it can furthermore cultivate students’ ability to interact with the cultural environment they live in and to think transnationally. Assessment of the course will be based on students’ research, writing and presentation skills. Students will be responsible for conducting a field study, writing a research diary, doing a class presentation and writing a research report.
Cultural Diversity and European Media Policy
European societies are becoming increasingly culturally diverse as a result of global migration. The role of the media in this development has become a crucial policy issue to be addressed for governments and organizations in European countries. The immense diversity and complexity of audio-visual spaces, national, local-regional and transnational, are raising a range of theoretical and political questions and ways of implementing them in different cultural contexts. The course explores how European media policies response to growing diversity of cultures and media spaces. This interactive and discussion-oriented course aims first, to provide an introduction to key debates of media policy and regulation in Europe, framing them in relation to discourses on diversity and democracy. We will then focus on the German context to examine recent media policies and to discuss to what extent these policies provide a ground to increase the permeability of boundaries for ethnically and culturally diverse society in Germany.
The course will address and discuss the following questions: What are the functions of EU and individual governments in regulating media’s democratic role? What are the challenges for European countries to implement the European framework for media pluralism? Which factors and measures are used in European countries to monitor and control media concentration and media pluralism? What are the main issues in regard to diversity and media policy in Germany?
Objectives of the course:
- To understand the nexus of issues at stake in media and diversity policy formulation within the European context, paying special attention to Germany.
- To understand better the role of European and national governmental and non-governmental organizations in policy making in regard to these issues.
- To provide students with critical and analytical skills and to encourage them to demonstrate their knowledge and skills by rewriting and presenting a policy paper.
The course will address and discuss the following questions: What are the functions of EU and individual governments in regulating media’s democratic role? What are the challenges for European countries to implement the European framework for media pluralism? Which factors and measures are used in European countries to monitor and control media concentration and media pluralism? What are the main issues in regard to diversity and media policy in Germany?
Objectives of the course:
- To understand the nexus of issues at stake in media and diversity policy formulation within the European context, paying special attention to Germany.
- To understand better the role of European and national governmental and non-governmental organizations in policy making in regard to these issues.
- To provide students with critical and analytical skills and to encourage them to demonstrate their knowledge and skills by rewriting and presenting a policy paper.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Di 12.15-13.45
Ort
1.22.0.39
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 4
Module (BA): 4
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
Seminar
Leistungspunkte
2
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Zusätzliche Informationen
Through a series of lectures and seminars, augmented by readings, online discussion forums, and occasional guest speakers, students will be provided theoretical and analytical skills to explore issues relating to the challenges of cultural diversity and media policy formulation in Europe in general and in Germany in particular. Having been located near to Berlin gives us a great opportunity to have an access to institutions and people who are involved in policy making process. I will invite some civil society representatives to share their experiences and perspectives on the current media and diversity policy making. These seminars will be organized in form of round-table discussion in order to make the learning process more interactive, critical and productive. Thus students will be encouraged to ask questions and reflect their own views.
Students will be assigned to read European and German media, integration and diversity policy papers and will be asked to prepare monthly memos on selected topics. The course website will be used as a discussion forum with an aim of increasing interaction among students outside the classroom. By using the memos and course material, students will be required to rewrite a policy paper in small groups by reflecting on critical debates concerning media, diversity and democracy. After their presentation and discussion in the classroom, students will share their own policy papers with the civil society representatives and other possible people involved in policy making by displaying their work in multimedia environment. Thus students will have the opportunity to express their own point of view and to reflect on theoretical and analytical work.
Students will be assigned to read European and German media, integration and diversity policy papers and will be asked to prepare monthly memos on selected topics. The course website will be used as a discussion forum with an aim of increasing interaction among students outside the classroom. By using the memos and course material, students will be required to rewrite a policy paper in small groups by reflecting on critical debates concerning media, diversity and democracy. After their presentation and discussion in the classroom, students will share their own policy papers with the civil society representatives and other possible people involved in policy making by displaying their work in multimedia environment. Thus students will have the opportunity to express their own point of view and to reflect on theoretical and analytical work.
Sommer 2010
Mediated Identities: Gender, Ethnicity and Class
The course is concerned with generation and transmission of ‘identity’ by and through the media. Students will explore how media representations interrelate with constructions of gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, etc. Thus this course aims to examine how these categories intersect and are co-constitutive in the making of social identities both in Europe and beyond.
First, the course will provide a conceptual overview of how these key social categories organize social, political and economic life in society. We will then examine various forms of media texts such as films, television, advertising as well as the print media to discuss how the intersecting categories are represented and how ‘modern’ people acquire a variety of identities through reading and interpreting different media texts. We will also consider how the larger historical processes, particularly immigration and globalization, have mediated the construction of “intersectional” identities in different cultural contexts. By interrogating techniques and technologies of (re)production of meanings in the media, students will learn how to think critically about the discursive formations of subjects, others, and media culture.
The concept of mediated identities is positioned at the intersection of many domains and disciplines: social, cultural, political, psychoanalytical, visual, linguistic etc. The course will introduce students various media and cultural studies approaches in order to provide a better understanding about the intersection of key social categories, identity formation and the media.
First, the course will provide a conceptual overview of how these key social categories organize social, political and economic life in society. We will then examine various forms of media texts such as films, television, advertising as well as the print media to discuss how the intersecting categories are represented and how ‘modern’ people acquire a variety of identities through reading and interpreting different media texts. We will also consider how the larger historical processes, particularly immigration and globalization, have mediated the construction of “intersectional” identities in different cultural contexts. By interrogating techniques and technologies of (re)production of meanings in the media, students will learn how to think critically about the discursive formations of subjects, others, and media culture.
The concept of mediated identities is positioned at the intersection of many domains and disciplines: social, cultural, political, psychoanalytical, visual, linguistic etc. The course will introduce students various media and cultural studies approaches in order to provide a better understanding about the intersection of key social categories, identity formation and the media.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Friday 10.00-12.00
Ort
Haus 11, 222, Potsdam University
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 7
Module (BA): 7
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
Seminar
Leistungspunkte
2 or 4
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Zusätzliche Informationen
Course Assignment:
The course will be comprised largely of class discussions based on readings, class presentations, and viewing and interpreting a range of mediated texts.
In order to get 2 CP, students are responsible for the following assignments:
- Reading the course material and active participation to the class discussion
- Making a presentation
- Writing a summary of the presentation
In order to get 4 CP, students are expected to write a long essay (approximately 10 pages) in addition to the assignments stated above.
The course will be comprised largely of class discussions based on readings, class presentations, and viewing and interpreting a range of mediated texts.
In order to get 2 CP, students are responsible for the following assignments:
- Reading the course material and active participation to the class discussion
- Making a presentation
- Writing a summary of the presentation
In order to get 4 CP, students are expected to write a long essay (approximately 10 pages) in addition to the assignments stated above.
Winter 2009/2010
Signifying Europe in Cultural and Artistic Practices
The course aims to examine the complex nature of identity in contemporary Europe by focusing on how Europe and European-ness are signified in various artistic and cultural practices. Arts and cultural projects and practices have contributed to questioning dominant understandings of Europe and the search for new forms of cultural identity. Such projects tend to unfold transnationally, connecting various spaces and places of Europe and transmitting a concept of Europeanness that is strongly based on networks and interchange.
A number of case studies will be discussed such as multicultural performances, video art, Internet projects in order to examine which European spaces of communication are emerging, and how alternative, subversive symbols of European identity are produced, circulated, interpreted and experienced. Complex theoretical ideas such as culture, identity, boundary, cultural geography, multiculturalism, diversity will be explored through these case studies.
Students are expected to do presentation about various arts and cultural practices and projects that travel and interact with national and local cultures in Europe in order to provide a better understanding how cultural identities are re-constructed, discussed, explained, interpreted and disseminated in contemporary Europe.
A number of case studies will be discussed such as multicultural performances, video art, Internet projects in order to examine which European spaces of communication are emerging, and how alternative, subversive symbols of European identity are produced, circulated, interpreted and experienced. Complex theoretical ideas such as culture, identity, boundary, cultural geography, multiculturalism, diversity will be explored through these case studies.
Students are expected to do presentation about various arts and cultural practices and projects that travel and interact with national and local cultures in Europe in order to provide a better understanding how cultural identities are re-constructed, discussed, explained, interpreted and disseminated in contemporary Europe.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Mi 13:15-14:45
Ort
Uni 1.12.005
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 10
Module (BA): 10
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
Seminar
Leistungspunkte
2 oder 6
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Sommer 2009
Transnational Television: Cultural Identity and Turkish Migrants
The course examines the role of transnational television in the lives and cultures of Turkish immigrant communities in Germany. It is a critical investigation into the theories, production and consumption of transnational Turkish television and popular culture. Many of the central issues of cultural studies, such as media, globalization, language, ethnicity, cultural politics and identity, are explored. The course focuses on the questions of how a particular mediated cultural production, such as television, reveals and reproduces ideology and political struggle, and how transnational television influences identity formation and cultural politics of Turkish migrants in Germany.
The course also focuses on the conception and development of research projects which will comprise an analysis of media texts and/or interviews with TV producers and consumers. Case studies include television production in Germany by Turkish migrants who have contested cultural identities as well as Turkish private and public television broadcasting received in Germany.
The course is developed as part of the “European Media and Cultural Studies Master’s Program and Media Awareness” project sponsored by an EU grant scheme entitled “Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between European Union and Turkey”. The project is initiated by Bahcesehir University, Istanbul and two partner institutions, Potsdam University and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Written and/or visual material produced by the students in this course will be presented and exhibited in various events of this project.
The course also focuses on the conception and development of research projects which will comprise an analysis of media texts and/or interviews with TV producers and consumers. Case studies include television production in Germany by Turkish migrants who have contested cultural identities as well as Turkish private and public television broadcasting received in Germany.
The course is developed as part of the “European Media and Cultural Studies Master’s Program and Media Awareness” project sponsored by an EU grant scheme entitled “Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between European Union and Turkey”. The project is initiated by Bahcesehir University, Istanbul and two partner institutions, Potsdam University and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Written and/or visual material produced by the students in this course will be presented and exhibited in various events of this project.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Fr 13:15-14:45
Ort
Neues Palais 1.08.058
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 6
Module (BA): 6
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
S
Leistungspunkte
2
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Zusätzliche Informationen
Office Hour:
Monday 14.00-15.00
Monday 14.00-15.00
Re-construction of Europe and European-ness in Arts and Cultural Projects
Arts and cultural projects have significantly contributed to the questioning of dominant understandings of Europe and the search for new forms of cultural identity. This interdisciplinary course examines the complex nature of identity in today’s Europe, considering how Europe and European-ness are re-constructed and expressed in arts and cultural projects. Such projects tend to unfold transnationally, connecting various spaces and places of Europe and transmitting a concept of Europeanness that is strongly based on networks and interchange.
The course focuses on a number of case studies – examples from multicultural performances, video art, Internet projects- in order to examine which European spaces of communication are emerging, and how alternative, subversive symbols of European identity are produced, circulated, interpreted and experienced. As these projects travel and interact with national and local cultures, articulation of Europeanness at the intersection of notions of local, national and transnational identities will be considered. Other identity/power dimensions such as sexuality, gender, generation and multiculturality articulated by these projects will also be discussed.
A number of interpretative methodological tools are introduced – such as discourse analysis and semiotics, interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork. Students are expected to conduct research projects which will comprise analysis of various arts and cultural projects to study how cultural identities are re-constructed, discussed, explained, interpreted and disseminated in contemporary Europe.
The course focuses on a number of case studies – examples from multicultural performances, video art, Internet projects- in order to examine which European spaces of communication are emerging, and how alternative, subversive symbols of European identity are produced, circulated, interpreted and experienced. As these projects travel and interact with national and local cultures, articulation of Europeanness at the intersection of notions of local, national and transnational identities will be considered. Other identity/power dimensions such as sexuality, gender, generation and multiculturality articulated by these projects will also be discussed.
A number of interpretative methodological tools are introduced – such as discourse analysis and semiotics, interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork. Students are expected to conduct research projects which will comprise analysis of various arts and cultural projects to study how cultural identities are re-constructed, discussed, explained, interpreted and disseminated in contemporary Europe.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Mo 11:15-12:45
Ort
Neues Palais 1.09.204
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 6
Module (BA): 6
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
S
Leistungspunkte
2
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Zusätzliche Informationen
Office Hour:
Monday 14.00-15.00
Monday 14.00-15.00
Winter 2008/2009
Media, Representation and Turkish Migrants in Germany
The course addresses issues of migration, representation and media with a specific focus on portrayals of Turks in the German media and responses of the Turkish media towards these portrayals. As such, the course will explore three primary themes: (1) analyzing the mainstream German media in order to understand how they deal with the issues of social integration and cultural identity of Turkish community; (2) mapping the Turkish media market in Germany; (3) studying approaches and policies of Turkish media producers towards integration and cultural issues, and dominant representations of Turks in the German media.
By analyzing portrayals and interpretations of Turkish migrants in the German media, we will identify bias in the media toward the largest migrant community in Germany. The course will offer insights into the pervasiveness of stereotyping in the media and offer strategies to avoid it. Thus, the course will help students to develop a critical view on media representations of minorities, their impact on establishing social/cultural power relations and constructing them as the “other” rather than including them in the majority.
The format of the course will consist of seminars, small and large group discussions, guest speakers and fieldwork. Students will be introduced to a wide range of methodologies in order to enable them to analyze media texts as well as reconceptualize and produce knowledge about diasporic and mediated identities in the German context. Students are expected to conduct research projects which will comprise analysis of media texts and interviews with media producers. Technical equipment will be provided to film the interviews.
The course is developed as part of the “European Media and Cultural Studies Master’s Program and Media Awareness” project sponsored by an EU grant scheme entitled “Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between European Union and Turkey”. The project is initiated by Bahcesehir University, Istanbul and two partner institutions, Potsdam University and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Written and/or visual material produced by the students in this course will be presented and exhibited in various events of this project.
By analyzing portrayals and interpretations of Turkish migrants in the German media, we will identify bias in the media toward the largest migrant community in Germany. The course will offer insights into the pervasiveness of stereotyping in the media and offer strategies to avoid it. Thus, the course will help students to develop a critical view on media representations of minorities, their impact on establishing social/cultural power relations and constructing them as the “other” rather than including them in the majority.
The format of the course will consist of seminars, small and large group discussions, guest speakers and fieldwork. Students will be introduced to a wide range of methodologies in order to enable them to analyze media texts as well as reconceptualize and produce knowledge about diasporic and mediated identities in the German context. Students are expected to conduct research projects which will comprise analysis of media texts and interviews with media producers. Technical equipment will be provided to film the interviews.
The course is developed as part of the “European Media and Cultural Studies Master’s Program and Media Awareness” project sponsored by an EU grant scheme entitled “Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between European Union and Turkey”. The project is initiated by Bahcesehir University, Istanbul and two partner institutions, Potsdam University and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Written and/or visual material produced by the students in this course will be presented and exhibited in various events of this project.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Di 10:00 - 13:00
Ort
FHP 5/ 3.06
SWS
4
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 6
Module (BA): 6
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
S
Leistungspunkte
2 CP
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
25
Sommer 2008
Media Culture & Society
The course introduces the dynamic interaction of three themes that will make up the core of this course: the media, social construction of diverse cultures and society within which patterns and processes of communication and production/consumption of culture occurs. The course has a multidisciplinary approach to studying these themes. It aims to examine how media culture intersects with political and social struggles and helps shape everyday life and identities. Thus students will be provided with resources to study, analyze, interpret, and criticize the texts of media culture. Complex theoretical ideas such as ideology, hegemony, social rules, media power, popular culture and globalization will be discussed from a global perspective with an emphasis on Europe in order to provide a better understanding about the interrelation between media, culture and society.
Dozent
Prof. Dr. Süheyla Schroeder
Termin
Mi. 11:15-12:45
Ort
FHP 5/1.15
SWS
2
Studiengang
BA
Module (BA): 4
Module (BA): 4
Pflichtveranstaltung
-
Veranstaltungsart
Seminar
Leistungspunkte
2
Zielgruppe
BA EMW
Teilnehmerbegrenzung
20
Zusätzliche Informationen
Reading material:
1- James Lull. Media, Communication and Culture. Columbia University Press, 2000.
2- Douglas Kellner. Media Culture. Routledge, 1998.
3- Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez (eds.). Gender, Race and Class in Media. Sage, 1995.
4- James Curran and David Morley. Media and Cultural Theory. Routledge, 2006.
5- Paul Marris & Sue Thornham. Media Studies: A Reader. Edinbugh University Press, 1996.
6- Nick Stevenson. Understanding Media Cultures. Sage, 1997.
7- Karim. H. Karim. The Media of Diaspora. Routledge, 2003.
8- David Morley. Home Territories: Media, Mobility and Identity. Routledge, 2000.
9- Chris Barker. Television, Globalization and Cultural Identities. Open University, 1999.
1- James Lull. Media, Communication and Culture. Columbia University Press, 2000.
2- Douglas Kellner. Media Culture. Routledge, 1998.
3- Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez (eds.). Gender, Race and Class in Media. Sage, 1995.
4- James Curran and David Morley. Media and Cultural Theory. Routledge, 2006.
5- Paul Marris & Sue Thornham. Media Studies: A Reader. Edinbugh University Press, 1996.
6- Nick Stevenson. Understanding Media Cultures. Sage, 1997.
7- Karim. H. Karim. The Media of Diaspora. Routledge, 2003.
8- David Morley. Home Territories: Media, Mobility and Identity. Routledge, 2000.
9- Chris Barker. Television, Globalization and Cultural Identities. Open University, 1999.