Universität Wien

170224 UE Practical Course "Media Transitions" (2017S)

Fandom Cultures: Season 2

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 17 - Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 45 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

From Fanny Elsßler’s shoe to the concept of transformative works: What is a fan and what does fandom mean? Which conceptions of subjectivity fuel specific modes of presentation and how does participation – subversive as well as affirmative – change the relationship between production and reception? How will notions like authorship or oeuvre have to be rethought against the backdrop of democratic structures (fair use) and legal aspects (copyright)? Is there an inherent possibility in fandom and fan works to grasp creative contexts as a form of cultural acting? How do these questions invite the development of new theoretical frameworks?

Monday 06.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 20.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 27.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 03.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 24.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 08.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 15.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 22.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 29.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 12.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 19.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde
Monday 26.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2H510 UZA II Rotunde

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goals:
• Transdisciplinary awareness and understanding of current developments in performative/media cultures
• Independent application of interdisciplinary theoretic approach to selected contexts and samples
• Theory design with regards to transdisciplinary questions and impulses

Contents:
The class deals with fandom cultures – in particular in relation to serial formats of the past 25 years – and their role as a growing field of academic research. Central to the class are aspects of partiuclar relevance to theater and media studies, such as intermediality, participation/agency and the performance of affective cultures and positions of subjectivity.

Methods: reading, debate, analysis, reflection, instructed/independent small-group work

This class is called "Season 2" because it is given for a second time. It does not require, in any way, having attended "Season 1". The classes are, discounting small changes, identical.

Assessment and permitted materials

- written: 6 Reading Cards of 1800-2200 character each, pending a positive grade (60% of grade)
- oral: participation in an 'expert group' (sign-up via Moodle). In this group: preparation and moderation of a part of a class session (20% of grade)
oral: spoken participation in class (20% of grade)

Each partial exam has to be passed separately with a positive grade to obtain a passing grade for the class at large!

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presence in class (beyond breathing), participation in discussions.
Required reading (of German & English texts. Textload: each week a max. of one text, a single instance of an additional text within the 'expert group', s.b.)
Participation in an "expert group" who will prepare and moderate part of one class session
Writing of Reading Cards (required: 6 out of 9 cards, each card must obtain a passing grade)

Examination topics

s.a. "Leistungskontrolle"
The graded efforts require a knowledge of the class content, the assigned readings, and an independent self-effort in connecting elements.

Reading list

Syllabus materials and required reading will be available via Moodle

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Sa 02.04.2022 00:21