Course Schedule
Lehrveranstaltungen
Kitsch and Camp in Games and Digital Media (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Mathias Fuchs
Termin:
14-täglich | Dienstag | 14:00 - 17:30 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | HMS 231/232
Inhalt: The seminar investigates popular opinions, theoretical approaches and historical perspectives on objects that could be labelled “kitsch”. In what way does “high art” differ from kitsch and camp? Does the appreciation of works of art change in the course of time? Which digital games are assessed as stylish and classy and which ones as banal or as kitsch? How do we value paintings, music, games and new media that are flamboyant, overloaded with ornament and rich in decorative detail? What are the social and cultural breeding grounds for kitsch? The seminar offers a critical reading of texts by Clement Greenberg, Adolf Loos, Theo van Doesburg, Ed Simon, Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu, and others.
New perspectives on Classics in Media Theory (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Jan Müggenburg
Termin:
14-täglich | Donnerstag | 09:45 - 13:15 | 30.10.2025 - 13.11.2025 | HMS 139
Einzeltermin | Do, 27.11.2025, 09:45 - Do, 27.11.2025, 13:15 | HMS 210
14-täglich | Donnerstag | 09:45 - 13:15 | 11.12.2025 - 05.02.2026 | HMS 139
Inhalt: In this seminar, you will be introduced to some of the most influential texts and thinkers in media studies, spanning from early 20th-century mass communication theories to the emergence of digital culture in the 21st century. Together, we will read and discuss key theories about media, mediation, and communication, as well as the relationships between media, culture, and society. In each session, we will closely read and discuss a classic text in the field. To help you prepare, you will receive a secondary text written by a contemporary media studies scholar, providing background information on the classic work and its author.