Network Nation: Media Change and Media Theory in North American Culture
Martin Lüthe
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This seminar aspires to introduce students to the history of media change in the United States. Starting from the assumption that media matter – and have mattered – in the United States (and beyond), we will explore and discuss the changing media ecologies in U.S. history, beginning with the American Revolution and all the way through to the 21st century. Not only, but also, in light of the recent debates in the context of the digital turn, we will re-visit crucial moments in the history of United States decisively from the vantage point of media history and media theory. Beginning with Bernard Bailyn’s ideas regarding the American Revolution as the result of printing technologies (and the medial form of the pamphlet) all the way up to Katherine N. Hayles’ “Writing Machines” and contemporary debates in the context of the post-human era, this seminar will hopefully provide a space for us to think critically through the media/history nexus. ----- As credit requirements depend on the number of students enrolled in the class, we will discuss them in the first session of the summer term.
Schließen12 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung