Extractivism: Data & Methodology

Kristina Pia Hofer
Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art, Media Theory
2026W, Introductory Seminar (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 recodings of voice and "nature"; on field and biometrical recordings, and on sounding out where lie connections between the two. 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 your own and other authors' research questions, developing dependable reading skills, honing arguments, finding and referencing sources). Together, we’ll think through how our own handling of data and recordings might reproduce extractivist dynamics, and whether there are ways to work differently.

Examination Modalities

Attendance is mandatory. You can miss one session unexcused. There will be a mandatory 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 (homework) over the course of the term, which you will bring to class to get feedback on. There will be a short oral or written reflection ("exam") at the end of the term.

Grades will be calculated according to:

-attendance and participation in class (especially in workshops/group discussions): 40%

-homework assignments: 40%

-exam: 20%

 

Comments

Classroom language is English, the texts you'll read in preparation are not always available in German translation. If you feel more comfortable speaking German in classroom discussions, please don't hesitate to register, we'll find a way to make it work.

Key Words

sound studies, methods, wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, academic research, field recordings, theory

Dates

Mon, 05 October 2026, 12:00–13:30 Seminar Room 22
Mon, 12 October 2026, 12:00–15:15 Seminar Room 25
Mon, 19 October 2026, 12:00–15:15 Seminar Room 24
Mon, 09 November 2026, 12:00–15:15 Seminar Room 24
Mon, 16 November 2026, 12:00–15:15 Seminar Room 20
Mon, 23 November 2026, 12:00–15:15 Seminar Room 24
Mon, 30 November 2026, 12:00–15:15 Expositur Rustenschacherallee , "Field recording workshop with Karl Salzmann"
Mon, 14 December 2026, 12:00–13:30 Seminar Room 24

Course Enrolment

From 31 August 2026, 09:00
The online registration was already closed

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