DM 6043 Media Studies Seminar

3 Credits

This course provides students a critical background in media studies. This semester focuses on a particular moment in the intersection of critical philosophy, avant-garde art and political action, the Situationist International, and work that derives from, reacts against or “détourns” it. Students work through a selection of texts and media work in chronological order from the critique of urbanism to the theory of the society of the spectacle, from the practice of the dérive to détournement, and then the take-up and reaction against these theories and practices. Nearly all readings are available online. The instructor may direct students toward a website and encourage them to poke around and get to know the body of work of an artist or group.