Office of the Chair Department of Arts, Culture and Media University of Toronto Scarborough MEDIA AND NEW MEDIA STUDIES Fall/Winter 2017-18 POSTING DATE: Thursday, June 29, 2017 CLOSING DATE: Thursday, July 20, 2017 The following positions for a Sessional Lecturer are available in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media, Media and New Media Studies disciplines, for Fall/Winter 2017-18 academic session. This is a regular posting in accordance with the Collective Agreement between The Governing Council of the University of Toronto and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3902 (Unit 3). In accordance with the Collective Agreement, this posting is being sent as an email notification to all applicants in the Department s Applicant Pool: all Sessional Lecturers who are teaching for the Department during the current academic year or who have taught for the Department since September 1, 2005, and all persons who have submitted an application within the past twenty-four months. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with 14:12. All pool members who wish to be considered for a particular position must submit an application and updated curriculum vitae to Professor William Bowen, Chair at the Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto Scarborough using the online application system found at https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/webapps/slship/modules/postings/postings.php?d=237&u=1&s_a=true Salary: in accordance with the current CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement, the stipend rate for a half course (Y, F or S), inclusive of vacation pay, will be: Sessional Lecturer I: $7,359.07 Sessional Lecturer I Long Term (Six or more years as SL I): $7,498.50 Sessional Lecturer II: $7,823.85 Sessional Lecturer III: $8,185.35 Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail. Sessional Dates (excluding Exam period): F courses: Sep 1 Dec 1, S courses: Jan 1 Apr. 1 Note: all positions involve completion of any course grading not finished by December for F courses and April for S courses Course Section/ Dates of Estimated Estimated Duties Qualifications Number/Title/Description Time Appointment Enrolment TA Hours FALL 2017 MDSB01H3F Human, Animal, 135 100 All normal duties related to the Machine MO 9-11 What makes humans humans, animals animals, and machines machines? This course probes the leaky boundaries between these categories through an examination of various media drawn from science fiction, contemporary art, film, TV, and the critical work of media and
posthumanist theorists on cyborgs, genetically-modified organisms, and other hybrid creatures. Exclusion: (IEEB01H3) MDSB61H3F Media Mapping New This course introduces students to the key terms and concepts in new media studies as well as approaches to new media criticism. Students examine the myriad ways that new media contribute to an ongoing reformulation of the dynamics of contemporary society, including changing concepts of community, communication, identity, privacy, property, and the political. TU 9-11 80 60 All normal duties related to the MDSB61H3F Media Mapping New This course introduces students to the key terms and concepts in new media studies as well as approaches to new media criticism. Students examine the myriad ways that new media contribute to an ongoing reformulation of the dynamics of contemporary society, including changing concepts of community, communication, identity, privacy, property, and the political. L30 TH 5-7
MDSC01H3F Studies Theories in Media This is an advanced seminar for third and fourth year students on theories applied to the study of media. MO 1-3 MDSC61H3F Alternative Media This course examines the history, organization and social role of a range of independent, progressive, and oppositional media practices. It emphasizes the ways alternative media practices, including the digital, are the product of and contribute to political movements and perspectives that challenge the status quo of mainstream consumerist ideologies. MDSC71H3F Media and Religion The advancement of religious concepts and movements has consistently been facilitated - and contested - by contemporaneous media forms, and this course considers the role of media in the creation, development, and transmission of religion(s), as well as the challenges posed to modern religiosities in a digital era. MDSD01H3F Senior Seminar: Topics in Media and Arts focuses on the connections TH 11-1 FR 11-1 TH 1-3 holding regular office hours
among media and the arts. Students explore how artists use the potentials offered by various media forms, including digital media, to create new ways of expression. Topics vary. MDSD02H3F Senior Seminar: Topics in Media and Society focuses on media and society. It explores the social and political implications of media, including digital media, and how social forces shape their development. Topics vary. NMED20H3F Theory and Practice of New Media This seminar examines the ideological, political, structural, and representational assumptions underlying new media production and consumption from both theoretical and practice-based perspectives. Students critically reflect on and analyze digital media applications and artefacts in contemporary life, including business, information, communication, entertainment, and creative practices. WINTER 2018 MDSB62H3S Visual Culture and Communication Visual Culture studies the construction of the visual in art, media, technology and everyday life. Students learn the tools of visual analysis; investigate how MO 3-5 TH 3-5 WE 9-11 35 0 All normal duties related to the management and development of NME Web portal; and final digital portfolios; calculation and submission of grades; holding regular office hours. 110 115 All normal duties related to the the field to include new media practice in art and/or industry; university teaching
visual depictions such as YouTube and advertising structure and convey ideologies; and study the institutional, economic, political, social, and market factors in the making of contemporary visual culture. MDSB63H3S Sound and Visual Media This course explores the importance of sound and sound technology to visual media practices by considering how visuality in cinema, video, television, gaming, and new media art is organized and supported by aural techniques such as music, voice, architecture, and sound effects MDSC01H3S Theories in Media Studies This is an advanced seminar for third and fourth year students on theories applied to the study of media. MDSC64H3S Media and Technology Media are central to organizing cultural discourse about technology and the future. This course examines how the popularization of both real and imagined technologies in various media forms contribute to cultural attitudes that attend the introduction and social diffusion TH 11-1 FR 11-1 L30 TU 6-9 Note: MDSB62H3 is a designated digital project course. 30-50% of course grade to be based on work utilizing multimedia environment of the Web and/or online presentation tools. 80 100 All normal duties related to the Ph.D., with knowledge in the
of new technologies. MDSD01H3S Senior Seminar: Topics in Media and Arts focuses on the connections among media and the arts. Students explore how artists use the potentials offered by various media forms, including digital media, to create new ways of expression. Topics vary. MDSD02H3S Senior Seminar: Topics in Media and Society focuses on media and society. It explores the social and political implications of media, including digital media, and how social forces shape their development. Topics vary. NMED01H3S New Media Senior Project Students in this course develop a new media project that responds to, analyzes, or furthers their research into theoretical issues around digital media practices and artefacts. Projects may focus on digital media ranging from the internet to gaming, to social networking, including websites, CD-ROMS, DVDs, mobile apps, and Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies. MO 3-5 WE 3-5 WE 3-5 The job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 35 0 All normal duties related to the management and development of NME Web portal, and final digital portfolios; calculation and submission of grades; holding regular office hours. the field to include new media practice in art and/or industry; university teaching