Lehrende: Karen Andrea Silva Torres
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: 03-Ethnologie
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Offizielle Kursbeschreibung: This seminar explores the main anthropological debates on media as key objects of study for understanding society and culture. Media has been studied as social institutions, technologies of representation, and tools of communication. In contrast, this seminar explores media as cultural practices, which shape identities, social relationships, institutions, and spaces of resistance. The first and second parts of the seminar are structured around ethnographic studies of press, photography, radio and television at the different moments of production, circulation, and consumption. The third part covers the recent “digital turn” and how anthropologists contribute to the study of digital media technologies in everyday life. The seminar aims at in-depth class discussions of the required readings, which are available in Moodle. Students will prepare the discussion of at least one session during the seminar.
Organisatorisches: Karen Silva Torres (karensilvatorres@gmail.com)
