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Art, Media and Society
Culture Studies
November 10, 2016
Piia Varis
Rowie van Hagen
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• Culture Studies in Tilburg
• Master’s specialisation within Culture
Studies: Art, Media and Society
• Career perspectives
Why Culture Studies at Tilburg University?
• Intensive and challenging
• Interdisciplinary
• International
• Small-scale and interactive working methods
• Diggit Magazine “There was a constant link between
theory and actual topics. For
example, how did 9/11 change our
perception of the world? And how
can you see this in literature?”
(former student Fabienne Stöger)
Art, Media and Society
Art, Media and Society
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• art
literature, visual arts, film, (popular) music
artists, writers, film makers, public intellectuals, celebrities
• media
newspapers, television, digital media, social media
public sphere, private sphere
• society
norms and values / identity formation / production of
meaning / topics debated in the public sphere
Art, Media and Society
Social and cultural transformations | digitalisation and globalisation
• media culture(s)
• online culture(s)
• new forms of cultural and artistic production and reception
• shifting boundaries between private and public
• construction of public and private identities
• national / global / cultural identities
• economy and power
Programme
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Autumn semester Spring semester
Unit 1 (September–October) COMMUNITY• Public intellectuals in a transforming public
sphere• Individuals and communities in the digital
age • Research skills module: Hermeneutic
analysis of text and image
Unit 3 (January–March)POLICY• Culture policy and economic impact • Online writing and publishing (3 ects)• Working as a cultural professional (3 ects)
Unit 2 (October–December)IDENTITY• Self-fashioning, life writing, biography• Intimacy, privacy and authenticity • Research skills module (choice from a list)
Unit 4 (April–July)
• Master thesis
Example: Intimacy, Privacy, Authenticity (Unit 2)
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Current theories on authenticity, intimacy and privacy
Analysis of different contemporary cultural products (texts, movies, online data)
Main questions:
How do contemporary Western cultures focus on authentic lifestyles, intimate experiences and private secrets?
How can we explore the public/private dichotomy in a world where we are ‘public by default, private through effort’ (boyd, 2010) and where ‘private’ matters are endlessly
displayed and analysed in public?
What are new genres of intimacy, e.g. different types of social media where people seek and establish new types of intimacy, affinity and feeling of belonging?
Example: Intimacy, Privacy, Authenticity (Unit 2)
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Find an example of a person (artist, writer, non-celebrity)who has practiced large-scale self-photography. Wheredoes the urge to capture and present the self-imagecome from in this case, according to you? Is itexhibitionism, self-preservation, research, or artisticstatement?
Do you think that the online world contributes to anincreasing measure of hate speech in offline society? Givearguments for your positive or negative answer andproduce examples that support your vision.
Diggit Magazine
• A unique knowledge platform & new kind of teaching
environment
• Digital culture | Globalization | Arts
• Articles, papers, interviews, videos, reviews
• Follow our work at https://www.diggitmagazine.com/!
• Writing for different audiences, editing, publishing…
• …good for your CV, excellent preparation for many jobs
Career perspectives
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Career perspectives
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Our alumni work as:
Journalist / columnist
Critic
(Web)editor
Cultural entrepreneur
Programmer of film, theater or debates
Media & event manager
Teacher
Art, Media and Society prepares you for jobs in the cultural sector and the media sector
Career perspectives
Adriana EsmeijerDirecteur Prins Bernhard
Cultuurfonds
Kristel DumoulinMarketingmedewerker
Uitgeverij Boom
Bert MatthijssenCultuurmakelaar gemeente
Tilburg
Paulien MandosProjectmanager Brabants Kenniscentrum
Kunst en Cultuur
Marleen van de WielEigenaar onderwijsadviesbureau
‘MBO advies’
& Manager Exameninstelling MBO
Thank you for coming
and
we hope to see you next year!
We’re happy to answer your questions!
More questions?
Please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Piia Varis
Rowie van Hagen (student/Art, Media and Society)
Cathy de Waele (study advisor)