Transnational Communities and Media Cultures
Location: London, England
Dates: January 6-19, 2008
Application Deadline: November 1, 2007
This course examines the emergence of transnational communities, recent patterns of migration, and the role of media forms and practices in redefining culture and national belonging. We will explore how media practices define culture and identity for diasporic groups within the landscape of global cities. What role do media play in the (re)imagining of cultural politics, nationalism, and everyday life in the context of global relocations? How do technology and media enable new configurations of cultural resistance and identification within (and between) different immigrant groups? What does this mean in terms of negotiating the global and local in various aspects of immigrant lives? Through field trips, field work, discussion, and lectures, students will be exposed to contemporary issues and research.
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Course objectives:
To expose students to current research and theory drawn from interdisciplinary sources in the study of transnational mobility, diasporic identity, and media forms and practices.
To engage students to think globally and comparatively about immigration and diasporic flows in urban landscapes.
4 Points. Offered through Media Culture and Communication
Courses
E58.2165.099
Faculty
Dr. Radha Hegde, Department of Media, Culture and Communication
Accommodations
Students will stay at a hotel near Eustin Station in London.
Costs
Tuition (Regular NYU Spring tuition per credit plus fees), Housing Fee: $1250 based on double occupancy, Activities fee: $200
Only housing & activities fees due before the trip (Nov. 15th, 2007). Spring tuition due February 1, 2008.
Estimated airfare: $700-1400
Flight or Travel Information
You should arrive and check-in to the hotel before the mandatory orientation session at 6:00 pm on Sunday, January 6. The last day of classes is Friday, January 18, and a closing reception will follow. You may depart the night of January 18 or on Saturday, January 19.
Weather
In London, winter temperatures tend to be milder than in New York, usually in the 40’s. There is occasional rain and very little chance of heavy snow. Daylight savings time greatly shortens the amount of daylight, with the sun setting in the early evening.
For More Information
Dr. Radha Hegde, Department of Media Culture and Communication, Pless Annex, 26 Washington Place, 556, New York, NY (US) 10003;(212) 998-9005, radha.hegde@nyu.edu
Office of Special Programs, The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, 82 Washington Square East, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003-6680; (212) 992-9380; steinhardt.intensive@nyu.edu.