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Instructors: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Verena Brinks
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
M5-MA S
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
5,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements / organisational issues:
In the digital age, the term “community” has received a revival. However, the meaning of the term as well as its appropriateness in digital-based interaction is debatable. By using digita media, people who share a same interest or practice can connect easily across physical distance. Such collectives received increasing attention, for instance, by economic geographers who are interested in their potential to share and create new knowledge.The seminar aims at exploring newly arising forms of communities, especially in terms of knowledge sharing, creation and outcomes of collective action.
The seminar is part of the module "Applied Media Geography". After dealing with relevant texts about concepts of communities and digital geographies, we will talk about qualitative research methods and their application in an online context. After that, students will start an own qualitative analysis of social media/online content. A report has to be submitted at the end of the course.
The seminar is organized as a block event (4 one-day sessions):
Block 1: Introduction / concepts of community
Block 2: Communities in the digital age and their geography / Methods (data collection)
Block 3: Presentation of first ideas for qualitative study / Methods (data analysis)
Block 4: Presentation of preliminary results
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