Hauptinhalt
Lehre
Prof. Dr. Josh Carney
WiSe 2025/26
Production as Critism: Metamedia and the Video Essay (Undergraduate).
A seminar that explores the topic of metamedia through production of a video essay.
Censorship in Media from Turkey (Undergraduate).
A seminar examining censorship from historical and comparative perspectives, but focused primarly on repression of expression during the AKP era (2002-present).
SoSe 2025
Authoritarianism in Turkey: Past and Present (Undergraduate).
A lecture on the genealogy and current state of authoritarian leadership and it´s relationship with publics in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire.
Post-Truth in Popular Media (Undergraduate).
A seminar examining the rise of the so-called "post truth" phenomenon with particular attention to the role of entertainment media , including scripted and reality TV, "fake" news, cinema, music, and gaming.
WiSe 2024/25
Paratextual Production for Publics and Platforms (Undergraduate).
A course that explores publics and strategies for reaching them trough production of a paratextual online zine or podcast - that is, making media about media.
Mediating the National Past: Nostalgia and NeoOttomanism in Turkey (Undergraduate).
A seminar examining how mediation of nationalist nostalgia focused on the Ottoman past intersects with everyday life and politics in Turkey.
Screening the City: Istanbul (Graduate).
A seminar exploring the relationship between urban life and media screens, ranging from cinema to television to cell phones to electronic billboards, through a case study of Istanbul.
SoSe 2024
Turkish TV Drama (Undergraduate).
A seminar exploring the rise of Turkish dizi (serial TV drama) from local to global phenomenon through examination of it´s industry, texts, audiences, and transnationalization.
Nilgün Yelpaze
WiSe 2025/26
BLICK: A Practical Guide to Contemporary Video Activism
The course examines the evolution of contemporary video activism as a tool for social justice, from the 1990s to global protest movements of the 2010s. It analyzes its aesthetics, strategies, impact, and the challenges and critiques the genre faces today.
SoSe 2025
History of Kurdish Documentary Cinema
Kurdish cinema is a national cinema that emerged in a transnational context (Kocer, 2012) and developed relatively late, more than a century after the invention of cinema (Arslan, 2009). Characterized by recurring themes such as memory, space, borders, and language (Simsek, 2018), it offers a distinctive perspective on sociopolitical and cultural issues as well as documentary film theory.
WiSe 2024/25
A Practical Guide to Video Activism
The objective of this course is to prevent the basics of filming, sound recording, and editing for the purpose of creating short videos that fall under the categoryof video activism. Students are introduced to the history of video activism, key case studies, and discussions on the relationship between video-making and social justice, positionality, and framing, as well as its professional possibilities.