The Global City and Media Ethnography: Practice-led Transcultural Research and Media Practice
Location: Paris, France
Dates, 2008: June 15 - June 28
Dates, 2009: TBA
Application Deadline: February 2, 2009
NYU Steinhardt's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication in collaboration with the American University of Paris presents a two-week study abroad program in practice-led media research. The curriculum is aimed at graduate students from diverse disciplines who want to explore creative media practice as a research methodology. The program brings together a multi-national cohort of scholars/practitioners/artists who are expert in media ethnography, visual culture, performance theory, digital imaging technologies, network environments, and practicing field research on the linked topics of transcultural process, globalization, diaspora identities, and human rights.
Through theory-building seminars, project development clinics, multimedia lab instruction, and one-to-one advisement, students are enabled in the design and development of practice-based M.A.- and Ph.D.-level research projects, combining text and visual-audio media artifacts across a variety of platforms, including video, photography and digital imaging, and networked environments.
Students also participate in media labs, and guided site visits and/or field-site placement in ongoing, Paris-based research projects mapping the transcultural city. Paris is used as a template and resource for gaining domain experience in practice-led media ethnography that can be later applied to other sites and contexts. Students visit and enjoy local cultural sites, including French and multicultural cuisine, music, and theatre.
4 Points. Offered through Culture and Communication
Courses
E58.2166.099: The Global City and Media Ethnography (4 points)
Faculty
Allen Feldman, Co-director, (MA. Ph.D, Cultural Anthropology), Associate Professor Department of Culture and Communication, New York University
Costs
Graduate tuition: TBA per point (4 points), plus registration fees2008 Travel: Round-trip airfares to New York City and Paris approximately $800-$1100 (students make reservations individually)
2009 Fees: TBA
For More Information
Office of Academic Initiatives and Global Programs, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development, New York University, 82 Washington Square East, 5th floor, New York, NY 10003; (t) 1-212-992-9380; (f) 1-212-995-4923; steinhardt.global@nyu.edu
Professor Allen Feldman, Department of Culture and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development, New York University, NY 10003-6680; (t) 1-212 998 5096; af31@nyu.edu