2024 Fall
FILM 240 004 - LEC 004
Graduate Topics in Film
Technics
Nicholas Baer
Class #:32665
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Film and Media
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
2
Enrolled: 6
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 8
Waitlist Max: 2
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.
Other classes by Nicholas Baer
+ 1 Independent Study
Course Catalog Description
Selected topics in the study of film.
Class Description
Contemporary developments such as algorithmic media and generative AI are lending renewed urgency to the "question concerning technology (Technik)." In this seminar, we will reexamine the ideas of thinkers who have shaped, challenged, and extended our understandings of technics, including Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ursula Le Guin, Bernhard Siegert, Gilbert Simondon, Bernard Stiegler, and Sylvia Wynter. Moreover, we will consider cutting-edge theoretical, historiographical, and methodological reflections on media technologies in the digital age, engaging with the latest work in fields such as film and media studies, digital humanities, science and technology studies, and the philosophy of technology.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
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