Urban Mobile Media: The Myth and Messiness of Connectivity

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Cursusdoel

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The aim of the course is to enhance your theoretical understanding of key issues in the developing field of what is variously labeled urban new media, urban informatics, smart city research, media architecture, and so on. You will become familiar with the main themes, concepts and approaches in this multidisciplinary field through academic work but also policy, industry and civic initiatives. Each class session of the course you will develop an original research approach for your individual assignment and matching methodology. You will learn to position yourself academically by developing ways to inquire, analyze and reflect on mobile media in relation to city life; practice presenting your results in written and oral form according to academic standards; and acquire insight into the job market through for instance a guest lecture or event visit.

Vakinhoudelijk

In a relatively short timespan our communication patterns and computing habits have been ‘mobilized’. Mobile and social media have rapidly become part and parcel of everyday (urban) life. They shape how we live, work, travel, spend leisure time, and meet. This has profound consequences for our sense of place, social relationships, and our sense of self. Moreover, mobile and social media technologies today are part of the infrastructures, practices, and institutional arrangements on which urban life itself is based. So-called “smart cities” experiment with digital media, like sensors, data, the internet of things and social media dashboards, to help improve urban life. In this course we focus on this amalgamation of telecommunications devices and networks, portable computational devices, and smart and connected objects in urban settings like urban screens. We investigate how mobile media are tied to urban places, situations and developments.


Aanvullende informatie

Career orientation:
The course will stimulate visiting relevant cultural events and train professional communicative skills during assignments.

Werkvormen

Seminar
Toelichting

Class meetings consist of team presentations, discussions about the course literature, plenary lectures, and individual/group work on assignments.

Bijdrage

Students will collaborate in teams and prepare one team presentation, review each other's work, and give constructive feedback during class and outside of class.

Voorbereiding

Students prepare by reading compulsory literature, by finding additional relevant literature independently, by weekly formulating at least two propositions for debate, and by preparing and carrying out research for their individual assignment.

Toetsing

Portfolio

Verplicht | Weging 70% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 3,5

Referaat

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 1,5

Students are graded on their ability to 1) gain specialized knowledge of and insight into mobile media studies, 2) independently identify, analyse, and criticize relevant research problems that relate to current debates in both media theory and media practice, and 3) present their findings to an audience composed of specialists as well as non-specialists in written and oral forms of academic expression.

Preliminary proposal individual assignment in week 3.

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Je moet inschreven staan voor een van de volgende opleidingen:

  • Film and Television Cultures
  • New Media and Digital Culture

Voorkennis

Advanced knowledge of and insight in theories, methods, practices, and debates in the field of urban new media studies.

Voorkennis kan worden opgedaan met

Research Lab I, New Media Theories.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
WNB Course readings are available online, and are accessible through links in the course manual.

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Coördinator

dr. M.L. de Lange M.L.deLange@uu.nl

Docenten

dr. D. Förster d.forster@uu.nl
dr. M.L. de Lange M.L.deLange@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

Inschrijving
Van maandag 30 mei 2022 tot en met vrijdag 24 juni 2022

Na-inschrijving
Van maandag 24 oktober 2022 tot en met dinsdag 25 oktober 2022

Inschrijving niet geopend
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