URL study guide

https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/L_ZAMAKCW006

Course Objective

I Knowledge and understanding 1. Is able to produce an overview of key concepts relevant to CAMS. 2. Has knowledge of the historically developed relationships between media and between various media and arts, and of the way critics have defined these. II Applying knowledge and understanding 3. Is able to apply key concepts to the analysis of original objects or cases. III Making judgments 4. Is able to position his or her research in relation to current debates and scholarly texts in the field. IV Communication 5. Is able to plan and realize an independent research project, and to express the research plan and its final outcomes in a scholarly manner, both orally and in an academic paper.

Course Content

In this course, we will engage with such phenomena and concepts as medium, multimodality, intermediality, remediation, and various other subspecies of media crossovers. This will allow us to investigate and analyse various synergetic interrelations between media as well as between media and the arts. The course presents a flexible core of theoretical concepts that can be used as a foundation for comparative arts and media research, which students will learn to apply in their individual research practice.

Teaching Methods

Weekly seminars

Method of Assessment

1. Seminar leadership and active attendance: Pass/Fail (1, 2) 2. Midterm assignment: 20% of final grade (3,4,5) 4. Final paper: 80% of final grade (1,3,4,5)

Target Audience

MA students of Comparative Arts and Media Studies and students of the RMA Humanities, Critical Studies in Art & Culture. Students of other tracks of the MA Arts & Culture, Heritage Studies, and exchange students may be admitted upon request and should contact the coordinator of the course beforehand.

Recommended background knowledge

Basic knowledge relevant to the field of CAMS, e.g. evidenced by an academic BA degree that covers a minimum of 30 ECTS in either (history of) art, film, television, digital media or (visual) cultural studies. If you are uncertain please contact the coordinator of the course before the first class.
Academic year1/09/2431/08/25
Course level9.00 EC

Language of Tuition

  • English

Study type

  • Master