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Instructors: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Monika Class
Event type:
online: Lecture
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.133
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
2,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Requirements / organisational issues:
All participants of the course are kindly asked to use LMS moodle: https://lms.uni-mainz.de/moodle/login/index.php
We will use the LMS platform for the online course.
For further information please see below "Digitale Lehre".
Contents:
This lecture aims at providing students with a solid understanding of key elements in cultural theory. It covers the relations of culture and power as conceptualized by Gramsci and Foucault and other philosophers. The course will relate theoretical terms to past and current media phenomena, institutions, and practices. The learning object is for students to develop an understanding of theoretical approaches in cultural studies.
The interactive online format of the lecture will familiarise students with the basic theories of cultural studies. It will define the field and the meanings of culture first and then discuss theories connected with power, ideology, and identity - including those of gender, sexuality, race, and class.
Students will be asked to read one key text (usually an essay or an extract from a longer work) for each session.
Recommended reading list:
Simon During, Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction. London: Routledge, 2005.
Simon During, The Cultural Studies Reader. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1999.
Digital teaching:
The sessions will be held asynchronously (except for the exam in the last week) in accordance with the guidelines for this semester (Corona Plan I 3 March 2022).
However, the lecture series concludes with a synchronous take-home exam in the final session. A mock exam will be made available during the semester. Please note that the students who are required to sit the exam will need to reserve 20 July 2022 (12:15-13:45) for the synchronous online exam (!).
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