14484 - What Material Culture? Transformative Processes in Technology and Art (Online) Modulübersicht

Module Number: 14484
Module Title:What Material Culture? Transformative Processes in Technology and Art (Online)
  Welche materielle Kultur? Transformative Prozesse in Technik und Kunst (Online)
Department: Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. phil. habil. Schwarz, Astrid
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:After participating in this module, students understand theories on new materialism and object theories, as well as visualization and experimental techniques.
They master media and creative technical skills, and can complete planning and execution of a project is successfully.
Contents:The question "What material culture?" has been raised since the 1990s with the emergence of the current of "new materialism". From various disciplinary perspectives, questions are asked about the relationships of humans to technology, nature and the environment in digital and analog space, and proposals for a new location are developed.This module represents a cross-sectional module that teaches basic cultural studies methods and theories for a disciplinarily heterogeneous group of students. Experimental formats in technology studies and in the arts will be explored and tested in practice. Special attention is paid to the exploration of transformative processes in urban public spaces, gardens and parks, current industrial sites (ports, open- cast mining) or industrial wastelands. A concept of student research in the sense of moving teaching and learning is implemented here.
Recommended Prerequisites:
  • Interest in media technology and creativity techniques
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Seminar / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:

To be announced in class during the first week of the semester.

Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • project outline (20 %)
  • presentation, 15 minute (20 %)
  • written documentation of the project work, 2500-3000 words (60 %)
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:None
Module Components:

  

Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment