[ecrea] 'Media, Gender & Culture' London Summer School

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Please circulate widely - deadline for applications 15 May



King's College London Summer School 2013



'Media, Gender & Culture'



1 – 19 July 2013



Course leader: Rachel O'Neill



How does gender organise social and cultural life? What role does media 
play in maintaining gender inequality? Can media be used as a resource 
for cultural politics and activism? By who, and in what ways? How can we 
approach critical issues of power and agency in the analysis of 
contemporary gender relations?



The ‘Media, Gender & Culture’ London Summer School programme will 
explore these and other questions, offering students the opportunity to 
study media, gender and culture in transnational perspective. As well as 
examining the central theoretical approaches to the study of gender, the 
course will offer an in-depth look at current debates over issues such 
as ‘postfeminism’ and the 'sexualisation of culture'. We will explore 
the gendered dimensions of contemporary media and cultural trends, 
considering issues of gender and social change; power and 
representation; culture and agency; social critique and cultural 
politics. In dedicated workshops students will learn how to apply theory 
in the analysis of media texts, including screen and print media, as 
well as digital media. We will also take case studies – such as the 
SlutWalk protest movement and the Everyday Sexism project – to examine 
the social and cultural context of gender inequality, and think through 
some of the ways social media might be used as a tool of social change. 
Taking full advantage of our central London location, we will visit many 
of the capital's foremost cultural institutes – including the British 
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), British Film Institute (BFI), National 
Gallery, and the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA); students will 
have the opportunity to meet with insiders from the media and cultural 
industries. At all points the course will promote intersectional 
thinking, as we consider how gender intersects with other axes of power, 
such as sexuality, race and class. Students on this course will develop 
the knowledge and critical skills necessary to analyse media, gender and 
culture in global arena.



Registration for the King's Summer School is now open.



For more information please visit:

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/prospectus/shortcourses/index/name/mediagenderculture/keyword/summer-school



Administrative contact: (summerschool /at/ kcl.ac.uk)



Academic contact: rachel.r.o’(neill /at/ kcl.ac.uk)




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