Elective

CLIT7027 Participatory Media and Cultural Studies

This course explores the rise of participatory culture and its impact on media and cultural studies. This course examines the ways in which digital technologies and the internet have enabled individuals to participate in the creation, distribution, and consumption of media content, and the implications of this for cultural production and consumption. Through a range of theoretical and practical approaches, students will explore topics such as fan and remix culture, online communities, social media, digital storytelling and global media activism, among others. Rather than “reading” a particular type of institutionalized media form, this course focuses on exploring a wide range of knowledge products (e.g. Textual inscriptions, community-produced films, video art, photographs, audios, exhibitions, interactive media products, digital stories etc.). Throughout the course, students will acquire the skills to navigate the question of authorship, positionality, audience, and circulation as they engage with challenging subjects of representation — such as sensorial experiences, taboos, memories of violence and trauma, mental health and politically charged cross-cultural dialogues.

Assessment: 100% coursework