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Lecturer(s)
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Rodríguez Higuera Claudio, Ph.D., M.A.
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Course content
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Session 1. The meaning of meaning and how to deal with it. Session 2. Signs, what they do, what they are. Session 3. The semiotics of culture. Session 4. Narrative and possible worlds. Session 5. The problem of interaction. Session 6. The semiotics of art. Session 7. Gamer Wittgenstein. Session 8. Political power in the funnies. Session 9. Traditionalizing the weird. Session 10. Texts beyond their container. Session 11. How to do things with images. Session 12. Rinse and repeat in the normalization of new media.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The class will help students familiarize with technical semiotic and philosophical concepts in order to integrate the cultural objects of study into a larger picture of cultural meaning-making. The idea is to ultimately develop strategies for understanding "new" media critically, incorporating different means of analysis with a clear reading of the cultural texts that belong to the category of non-traditional media that we are interested in here.
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Prerequisites
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There are no prerequisites for the class. The class will be held in English, so knowledge of the language is an absolute must. Having a basic knowledge of some semiotic principles will go a long way, but the class is intended for anyone interested in these topics in a serious and critical manner.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
The evaluation of the class will consist on writing a short midterm paper and a final paper on topics that pertain to the class.
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Recommended literature
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