The course is included in these curricula and study modules
- Media culture 2014 - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Media culture 2017 (media analysis) - Media critics
- Media culture 2018 (media analysis) - Media critics
- Film and tv 2010 (directing) - Critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2011 (sound and music) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2011 (cinematography and editing) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2011 (producing films) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2011 (scriptwriting) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2011 (online media) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2011 (directing) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2012 (producing films) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2012 (scriptwriting and directing) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2012 (cinematography and editing) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2012 (online media) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2012 (sound and music) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2013 (producing films) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2013 (scriptwriting and directing) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2013 (cinematography and editing) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2013 (sound and music) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
- Film and tv 2013 (online media) - Extension studies: critical media laboratory
The course takes place in period
- 3 (2022-01-01 to 2022-03-13)
- 4 (2022-03-14 to 2022-07-31)
Level/category
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Optional
Cycle/level of course
First
Total number of ECTS
10 cr
Competency aims
Coherently with John Dewey ideas on democratic education and participation, the main goal of this course is to enable students to make a critical and creative use of media. On professional grounds, the goal is to equip future media professional with advanced theoretical and conceptual tools in support of critical analytical and creative skills. On pedagogical grounds, the course is inspired by the works of Paulo Freire, Bertrand Russell and others on education. The aim here is to form independent thinkers, able to challenge authoritarian tendencies in society through the professional use of media.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn to use critical thinking in both its analytical and creative dimensions. The technical and commercial dimensions of media work will not be addressed in this course. Here the focus will be exclusively on the cultural dimension and more precisely:
a) on the interpretative traditions that constitutes the canons of in some influential forms of media usage and
b) on the possibilities of experimental usage of available media in our society.
Course contents
The title of the project run at CML for this year is "Utopia as Method: The imaginary reconstitution of society in the digital age". In this project students will engage with the problem of social change to produce a narrative visualization of relevant social problems and their ideal solutions.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The course Critical Media Laboratory is a follow up of Critical Media Analysis and the competences acquired in the latter are necessary for effective participation to the former.
The course is in English and a good control of this language is also required.
Previous course names
None
Additional information
More information about the course can be obtained by Matteo Stochetti.
Study activities
- Lectures - 35 hours
- Project- and production work/artistic activities - 100 hours
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 135 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours
Mode of Delivery
Participation in tuition
Assessment methods
Essays, reports, productions and portfolio
Assessment requirements
To pass the course the student will have to
a) attend the lectures
b) actively participate to tutorials
c) produce an original media text about topic of choice accompanied by a written argumentation about the relevance of the topic, the nature of the conventions associated to it and the way in which the original media text challenges these conventions.
The original media text and its argumentation will account for 50% of the final grade. The quantity and quality of attendance for the remaining 50%
Teacher
Stocchetti Matteo
Examiner
Stocchetti Matteo
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit (3 students enrolled)
Assignments valid until
12 months after course has ended
The timetable of the course
Please see Room Reservations in ARBS
Course enrolment period
2021-12-17 to 2022-01-14
Assessment methods
Date will be announced later - Reports and productions
Date | Time | Room | Title | Description | Organizer |
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2022-01-19 | 10:00 - 12:00 | A312 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2022-02-02 | 10:00 - 12:00 | A312 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2022-02-16 | 10:00 - 12:00 | B325 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2022-03-02 | 10:00 - 12:00 | B325 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2022-03-16 | 10:00 - 12:00 | B325 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2022-03-30 | 10:00 - 12:00 | B325 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2022-04-13 | 10:00 - 12:00 | B325 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2022-04-27 | 10:00 - 12:00 | B325 | Critical Media Laboratory | Stocchetti Matteo |