Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0205 - Berlin: Contested Artworks

In this course 'artworks', in the broadest sense of the term, will provide entry points to the city of Berlin, which is today one of the most vibrant cultural centers of Europe. Each session will be centered around one work of art, film or architecture that re/presents Berlin-specific histories and has triggered controversial public debates in Germany either today or in the past. We will trace these debates in German newspaper articles, webpages, exhibition catalogs, art/culture magazines, TV-shows or radio broadcasts and analyze them alongside critical theory readings. Supervised translations of such 'documents' will be part of the course requirements for all students who wish to advance their German language proficiency. However, no German is required. This course is open to all students who are interested in cultural studies approaches to cityscapes in general and in the cultural poetics and politics of/in the German capital in particular.

Writing and Research Multiple Cultural Perspectives