Kursens beskrivning

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• study and discuss about the topics related to media art and media culture(s);
• relate their own professional work and projects to wider context of media art and media culture traditions;
• understand the role of media art and media culture in society locally and globally.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 05.10.2021 - 22.10.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Teemu Leinonen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Media art or new media art is a field of art where artifacts are made with or out of digital technologies, computer graphics, animation and sound, Internet, interactive technologies, robotics and biotechnology.

  Within the development of digital technologies we see new forms of culture where people are essentially living with and in media. During the course we will become familiar with a number of key projects, artists, designers and inventors in the field of media art and media culture.

  Several topics related to contemporary media art and culture are discussed to provide new media practitioners with a historical, social and cultural understanding of the field.The course will cover parts of the book New Media: A Critical Introduction by Martin Lister (ed.) with a number of examples from both media art and media culture studies.

  Each course session will be supplemented with introductions, web resources and reading that the students are expected to explore independently. During the classes students are also asked to complete short assignments related to the themes being discussed.

  For those unable to take part in the sessions, there is an alternative option of taking an examination on Lister's book and study materials in the MyCourses.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Students should actively participate in course discussions, complete the expected reading and assignments. In order to complete this course students must hold a final presentation on the main assignment.

  50% of the assement is based on attendanc

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Classroom learning, 36 hours
  (3 hours x 4 days x 3 weeks)
  
  Preparing for the classroom sessions, 18 hours
  (1,5 hours x 4 days x 3 weeks)
  
  Working on the group assignment, 27 hours

  
  (3 ECT = 3 x 27 hours of work= 81 hoursof studywork)

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lister, Martin (ed.) 2009. New Media: A Critical Introduction. London & New York: Routledge + additional material and resources associated with each course session.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Min.  16 students.

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021 Autumn I

  2021-2022 Autumn I

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E5024

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

   

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