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851-0537-00L 3 Credits DS , MSC D-GESS

Architectures of Knowledge: Infrastructures of the University

Architekturen des Wissens: Infrastrukturen der Universität

Lecturers & Examiners: PD Dr. Nathalie Bredella
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Abstract

The seminar explores interrelations between the architecture of the university and forms of knowledge production. The emphasis is on the end of the 20th century, when digital infrastructures increasingly merged with the spatial constellation of the lecture hall, laboratory and library. We will discuss the discursive spaces that condition the reading, thinking and perception of knowledge.

Objective

Using positions from the history of technology, science and architecture, the seminar will discuss the spatial-technical ensembles of the university and their significance to the production and circulation of knowledge. Case studies provide insights into the overlapping spatial and digital infrastructures that shaped ideas of research and teaching at the end of the 20th century.

Content

The seminar deals with the spatial-technical organization and communication forms of the university. Of particular interest is how, in the context of digitization, digital infrastructures overlap and intertwine with built space and determine the self-understanding of the sciences. At its core the course asks you to identify how teaching and research methods correlate with the social, material and spatial structures of the university.

General Information

Language
German
Levels
DS , MSC

Examination

Type
graded semester performance

Registration & Places

Max Places
30

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
seminar Architekturen des Wissens: Infrastrukturen der Universität
  • Mon 12:15-14:00 (IFW C 33)
2 h weekly

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