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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2018 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Roberto Simanowski (roberto.simanowski@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The shift from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 has provided new tools of self-expression which are significantly different from traditional forms of self-presentation and autobiographical writing. Explicit, linguistic forms of self-expression are increasingly replaced by automated recordings of personal data. The resulting post-human autobiography is an assemblage of deliberate utterances and automated records. Thus identity is constructed as a datafied mirror of a person's actions rather than as a result of self-reflection. The course discusses this issue by exploring traditional and contemporary theory and practice of narration in identity construction and aims at providing students with a critical understanding of how new media operate and the ability to express themselves and generate an online-identity in the most effective and meaningful way. Subjects discussed in the course's sessions are: self-narration on Facebook, identity and the postmodern subject, the role of narration in identity construction, episodic and narrative concept of identity, photography as indexical concept of memory, numerical narratives via database, the Internet as archive, perfect memory and the right to forget, self tracking and the quantified self. |
| Lernziele | To identify and discuss the ways new technologies have affected how we understand and describe ourselves. To analyze and critically evaluate communication, self-narration, and concepts of identity on social networks. To identify and discuss the impact of different sources (update, like, share, comment, upload, automated reports) and forms of data (linguistic, visual, numerical) on self-narration and self-understanding. To apply knowledge about the significance and impact of those different media and data to effectively communicate and manage information online. To utilize the findings in the process of self-expression and the generation of identity in social network sites. |
| Literatur | - H. Porter Abbott: "Narration" and Marie Laure-Ryan: "Narrative", in: Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory, ed. by David Herman, Manfred Jahn and Marie-Laure Ryan, New York 2005, 339-348 - Rodney H. Jones: Discourse, cybernetics, and the entextualisation of the self. In:" Discourse and Digital Practices: Doing discourse analysis in the digital age", ed. Jones t. al, Routledge 2015, pp. 28-47 - Jon Katz: "Birth of a Digital Nation." In: Wired April 5, 1997. (http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/5.04/netizen_pr.html) - Siegfried Kracauer: Photography, in: Critical Inquiry, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1993), 421-436 - Christopher Lasch: Preface and Chapter 1 (The Awareness Movement and the Social Invasion of th Self) of "The Culture of Narcissism", pp. XIII-XVIII; 3-30 - Martin Löschnigg: Autobiography, in: Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory, ed. by David Herman, Manfred Jahn and Marie-Laure Ryan, New York 2005, 34-36 - Laurie McNeill: "There Is No ›I‹ in Network: Social Networking Sites and Posthuman Auto/Biography", in: Biography Volume, 35/1 (2012), S. 65-82 - Jean-Luc Nancy: "Of Being-in-Common", in: "Community at Loose Ends", ed. by Miami Theory Collectiv, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1991, 1-12 - Donald E. Polkinghorne: Narrative and Self-Concept. In: "Journal of Narrative and Life History", Vol. 1, No 2/3 (1991), 135-153. - Mark Poster: "Digital Networks and Citizenship". In PMLA 117/1 (Jan. 2002), 98-103. - Roberto Simanowski: Instant Selves: Algorithmic Autobiographies on Social Network Sites, in: "New German Critique" 44:1 (139) 2017: 233-244. - Clive Thompson: "Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better", New York 2013, pp. 19-44 (Chapter 1: We, the Memorious) Additional Readings: - Zygmunt Bauman: "From Pilgrim to Tourist - or a Short History of Identity", in: Stuart Hall, Paul du Gay (ed.): "Questions of Cultural Identity", London: Sage 1996, pp. 18-36 - Walter Benjamin: "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" - Isaiah Berlin: "The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History", Princeton University Press 2013 (chapter I: 3-6) - Jerome Bruner: "Autobiography and Self", in: Bruner: "Acts of Meaning", Cambridge 1993: 99-138 - Philippe Lejeune: "The Autobiographical Pact". In: "On Autobiography", ed. P. J. Eakin, trans. K. Leary, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1989, 3-30. - Ben Macintyre: "We need a dug out canoe to navigate the net" in: The Times, January 28, 2010 - Ruth Page (2010). Re-examining Narrativity: Small Stories in Status Updates, in: "Text and Talk" 30 (4), 423-44. - Theodor M. Porter: "Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life", Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1995, chapter 4: “The Political Philosophy of Quantification” 73-86 - Alberto Sá: "Can Web 2.0 shape Meta-Memory", in: Anna Maj and Daniel Riha (ed.): Digital Memories: Exploring Critical Issues, Oxford 2009, pp. 51-61 |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | For MA students only |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot obligatorisch |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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Keine Einzeltermine verfügbar, bitte informieren Sie sich direkt bei den Dozierenden.
| Module |
Modul Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul English & American Literature (Master Studienfach: Englisch (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Literatur im Zusammenspiel der Künste und Medien (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft) Modul Literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft) Modul Research in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | t.b.a. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |