09.050.604 M2-MA Project Seminar: Media Geography

Lehrende/r: Dr. Elisabeth Sommerlad

Veranstaltungsart: Projektseminar

Anzeige im Stundenplan: M2-MA PS

Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 15

Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie
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Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
Preparatory meeting: April 25th, 16:00-18:00

Inhalt:
In this seminar, we will deepen and apply the knowledge of media geography theory acquired in the winter semester. The seminar will focus on how geography and different media formats (e.g., film, photography, video games, graffiti and street art, sound and music, advertising, etc.) are related and can be researched. The topics are not only addressed in the seminar sessions (which take place as intensive weekend-sessions, see below) – a major activity is the creation of a media geography portfolio/blog in which participants work on different topics. The portfolio is also the graded project for successful module completion.

Course Objectives:

Students will deepen their knowledge of media geography and are able to apply this knowledge to topics relevant to research and everyday life contexts.
Students will learn about the connection between geographical perspectives and media forms as well as specific subdisciplines of media geography.
Students will implement these topics as a final project in an academic multimedia portfolio and gain skills in the field of academic blogging.

Requirements:

• Individual/Group work: Preparation of a media-geographical topic. This should not be a "classic" presentation, but the topic should be presented as, for example, a video, podcast, scrollytelling, or similar. The presentation is prepared in a way that it can be asynchronously reviewed by the course participants.
  
• Each presentation group furthermore chooses a specific research paper/publication on the subject. The study serves as discussion input for our meetings.
  
• Graded module performance is a portfolio/blog that will be developed over the summer break (group or individual work is possible). The project is due in the end of November 2022. 
  

Empfohlene Literatur:
Adams, P. und B. Warf (Eds.): Handbook Media Geography. London.

Zusätzliche Informationen:
Please note: Participation in the preparatory session is mandatory. The seminar topics are also assigned here. Participants who do not participate will be assigned a topic.