Technologies of the Self – #identity #socialmedia #sociology

The aim of the course is to work through the phenomena of being oneself in the digital realms of mediated self-representation systems, such as social network sites (i.e. Facebook, Instagram). Students will employ both, theoretical readings and autoethnographic writing, a form of self tracking or recording (logging) and methods (visual) to develop a broad understanding of who – and most importantly HOW – we write ourselves into being through the digital-personal media. Students evaluation: The coursework includes reading, writing and performing tasks such as autoethnographic experiments with personal photography or social media presence. A project work will be assigned and graded.