Extractivism: Data & Methodology
Kristina Pia Hofer
Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art, Media Theory
2023W, Proseminar (PS), 3.0 ECTS, 2.0 semester hours, course number S04961
Description
This course is a ‘Proseminar,’ literally a class that will prepare you for the academic Seminars (i.e., classes that require a 15-20 page academic term paper) offered at Angewandte, with a focus on methodologies used in Media Studies. Our topical frame for thinking methodology will be extractivism in sound and music research, both historical and current: How are anthropological sound recordings that are stored in museum and university archives in Europe entangled with colonial epistemologies and ecologies? How have practices of “hungry listening” (Robinson 2020) extracted musics from indigenous contexts for Western sound art? What strategies have minoritized sound producers come up with to counter and refuse extractivist logics of possession? While we’re engaging with texts that address these questions, I will invite you to rehearse, review and refine your basic academic research skills (identifying research questions, honing arguments, finding and referencing sources). Together, we’ll think through how our own ‘handling’ of data might reproduce extractivist dynamics, and whether there are ways to work differently.
Examination Modalities
Attendance is mandatory. There will be a reading assignment to complete before each class, i.e., you will have to read a text at home and will be expected to be able to discuss it at length in class. I’ll ask you to complete a number of short written assignments over the course of the term, which you will bring to class to get feedback on. You will write these assignments both in the classroom and at home; and you might be both working alone and collaborating with your peers. Grades will be calculated according to: participation in class (especially in workshops/group discussions), and your portfolio (=collection of all written assignments, to be handed in by the end of the term).
Comments
Classroom language is English. Reading will be in English; I will sometimes be able to provide a German translation. Assignments can be written in English and German. If you feel more comfortable contributing to classroom discussions in German, we will work together to make it work.
Key Words
sound studies, media theory, music, cultural politics
Dates
09 October 2023, 15:45–17:15 Seminar Room 24
16 October 2023, 15:45–19:15 Seminar Room 24
06 November 2023, 15:45–19:15 Seminar Room 20
20 November 2023, 15:45–19:15 Seminar Room 24
11 December 2023, 15:45–19:15 Seminar Room 24
18 December 2023, 15:45–19:15 , "Field visit to Phonogrammarchiv"
15 January 2024, 15:45–19:15 Seminar Room 20
22 January 2024, 15:45–17:15 Seminar Room 24
Course Enrolment
From 09 August 2023, 15:00 to 09 October 2023, 15:00
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
TransArts - Transdisciplinary Arts (Bachelor): Theoretical foundations: Theoretical foundations 180/003.01
Expanded Museum Studies (Master): Electives: Media Theory 537/080.20
Stage Design (1. Section): Medientechnik: Geschichte, Theorie und Ästhetik von Film und Medienkunst 542/106.01
Stage Design (2. Section): Medientechnik: Geschichte, Theorie und Ästhetik von Film und Medienkunst 542/206.01
Media Arts: Specialisation in Transmedia Arts (1. Section): Wissenschaftlich theoretische und historische Grundlagen: Medientheorie, Mediengeschichte 566/108.02
Media Arts: Specialisation in Transmedia Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie und Geschichte : Medientheorie, Mediengeschichte 566/208.02
Media Arts: Specialisation in Digital Arts (1. Section): Wissenschaftlich theoretische und historische Grundlagen: Medientheorie, Mediengeschichte 567/108.02
Media Arts: Specialisation in Digital Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie, Geschichte: Medientheorie, Mediengeschichte 567/208.02
Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 577/203.02
Design: Specialisation in Fashion Design (1. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Free Elective Pool Methodological and Theoretical Basics 584/103.80
Conservation and Restoration (2. Section): Geisteswissenschaften: Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte 588/204.10
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Media Theory,Art&Knowledge Transfer,Th. of Architecture,Th. and Hist. of Design 605/202.02
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Free Electives out of Scientific and Research Practice 605/202.80
Design: Specialisation in Applied Photography and Time-based Media (1. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Media Theory and Communication Theory 626/103.05
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible