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Cursus: ME3V21003
ME3V21003
Fan Cultures and the Civic Imagination
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeME3V21003
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
Upon completion of this course, the student will have developed the following forms of knowledge:
•         developed knowledge of the development of the concept 'participation' in cultural-theoretical context (media studies, cultural studies, critical theory);
•         gained a working familiarity with online ethnography as a research method for studying online communities;
•         gained an understanding of the relationship between fan culture and various forms of online activism.

Upon completion of this course, the student will have developed the following skills:
•         applying these theoretical and methodological frameworks to practical examples of participatory culture (political activism, political participation, fan culture, maker culture, social media) in an anlytical context. These forms of knowledge and skill sets can be applied in practice within professional fields;
•         close reading of academic texts.
Inhoud
Priority rules apply to this course. Make sure you register for this course before 15 November 12.00 noon to be considered for enrollment.
The following students are guaranteed a place:
  • BA Media en cultuur/Media and Culture
  • TCS and LAS;
  • students registered for the minor Media, Data and Platform Studies;
  • pre-master students.
Other students will be placed by means of random selection. 

Unlike the hierarchically organized production forms of classic mass media, digital networked technologies give user more and/or different forms of access to cultural production and civic participation. These new forms of interaction, production, and community-building raise new questions about the social, economic, political, and cultural meanings of 'new' digital media.

Various authors have connected user participation directly to emancipatory movements and cultural innovation. While students in this degree have previously considered how platforms facilitate new user practices (through affordances, government, and new business models), this course is focused particularly on the actual practices that occur on online platforms that are used by transformative fan communities to contribute to civic engagement. The course investigates how media practices have the potential to impact the public sphere, cultural production, and knowledge production through emerging digital skills and literacies.

The lectures will be provide a general framework for mapping out the different positions in discussions surrounding participatory culture, alongside examples of specific practices. The seminars are aimed at deepening an understanding of the literature and developing an aptitude for various participatory practices through a variety of exercises. In the seminars and written assignments, these insights will be connected to case studies in the intersection between political activism, fan culture, civic participation, crowdsourcing, media literacy, and popular culture.

This course is a component of the 'New Media and Digital Culture' and 'Participatory Cultures' specialization, and it builds on the knowledge and skills that were developed in the first two basic modules. In this specialization, students deepend their historical and theoretical knowledge of various forms and aspects of new media and digital culture, while practicing specific skills.

This course is the third course in the New Media and Digital Culture specialization track and the third course in the specialization track Participatory Cultures and the minor Media, Data and Platform Studies.

For LAS and TVS students who follow this course are part of their main degree there is a mandatory preparation track. See for more information: https://tcs.sites.uu.nl/
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