Welcome to the first installment of SCREEN POLITICS!

Dear Screen Politics gang,

looking very much forward to our course in the autumn!
Let me tell you a little bit about how I am planning things:

1. Course Literature
While most of the articles will be easily retrievable online, some of the book chapters will be trickier to get. However, reach out to your fellow students, please, and coordinate the accumulation of texts! If something appears entirely unobtainable, do drop me a line.

2. Course attendance
We will distribute tasks (everybody will be expected to take over the presentation and discussion of a course text) and talk about the aims of the course and what we all can get out of it in the first session. Then there will be a two week reading break and then we will start with short weekly meetings that will run from the second part of August until the end of November.

3. Corona distancing measures
We have a rather small class room at IMK which has room for about 10 socially distanced students and myself. Depending on the number of students/course participants, I will divide us up into three to four cohorts. Each session two of those cohorts will be invited to come to IMK, the other(s) will participate via Zoom. We will rotate the cohorts that will be invited to meet physically.
?(!But, please bear in mind: This plan might change with the pandemic!)

4. Most importantly: Enjoy!
I really hope you will find some pleasure in both the readings and the course work. I for one am looking forward to our sessions and your thoughts!

See you on the other side of the summer!?
Steffen