034.027 Masculinities and technologies - approaches, theories and concepts for advanced exploration
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2025S, UE, 2.0h, 3.0EC
  • TUWEL course available from: 05.03.2025 00:00.

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: UE Exercise
  • Format: Presence

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

understand basic terms and conepts of critical research of masculinities and to comprehend the relation of masculinities and technologies as multi-layered and complex.

Subject of course

How do masculinities and technologies relate with each other? The lecture shows the role of cultural conceptions of masculinities for development, use and understanding of technologies by looking at different historical and contemporary examples.

Teaching methods

lecture with interactive elements. This course is based of lectures of the teacher. concrete examples will be explored and discussed by using different media (e.g. sections of films, advertisment,...)

Mode of examination

Written

Additional information

The course starts c.t. (17:15-18:45h)

Unit slides will be available on TUWEL; the lecture will not be recorded.
  

"This course may be taken as an elective for the Gender and Diversity Competency Supplemental Certificate. More information about the certificate can be found here."

With the certificate Gender and Diversity Competence, graduates prove their competence in the consideration of gender and diversity aspects.

A prerequisite for issuing the certificate is the completion of courses from the following list in the amount of at least 16 ECTS.

Three courses amounting to 7 ECTS must be completed; for the remaining ECTS, all courses from the "Optional Courses" list can be chosen.

A list of courses can be found here.

Please send questions to: stefan.sulzenbacher@tuwien.ac.at

Lecturers

Institute

Examination modalities

Multiple Choice & open questions

Course registration

Not necessary

Curricula

Study CodeObligationSemesterPrecon.Info
066 445 Mechanical Engineering Not specified
066 558 Quantum Information Science and Technology Mandatory elective
TRS Transferable Skills Not specified

Literature

No lecture notes are available.

Previous knowledge

none

Language

German