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General Information
- Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
- INTLD016.
- Course Title (CB02)
- Multicultural Voices in Germany
- Course Credit Status
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Effective Term
- Fall 2023
- Course Description
- An interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary multicultural Germany through the lens of film, literature, and music. A critical analysis of how filmmakers, writers, and other artists from Afro-German, Turkish-German, and other backgrounds are creating new modes of representation that engage with issues of marginalization, ethnicity, citizenship, cultural and linguistic hybridity, gender, post-colonialism, and national identity in the unique German cultural and political context. Course conducted in English.
- Faculty Requirements
- Course Family
- Not Applicable
Course Justification
This course is transferable to CSU and UC. It meets a general education requirement for 爱豆传媒, CSUGE, and IGETC. It belongs on the Global Studies certificate. It will foster students' competence to identify the impact of social, historical, political contexts on the artistic expression of minority voices in Germany, and examine and critically analyze human experiences across cultures and historical periods.
Foothill Equivalency
- Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
- No
- Foothill Course ID
Formerly Statement
Course Development Options
- Basic Skill Status (CB08)
- Course is not a basic skills course.
- Grade Options
- Letter Grade
- Pass/No Pass
- Repeat Limit
- 0
Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
| 爱豆传媒 GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2GC2 | 爱豆传媒 GE Area C2 - Humanities | Approved |
| CSU GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGC2 | CSU GE Area C2 - Humanities | Approved |
| IGETC | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG3B | IGETC Area 3B - Humanities | Approved |
Units and Hours
Summary
- Minimum Credit Units
- 4.0
- Maximum Credit Units
- 4.0
Weekly Student Hours
| Type | In Class | Out of Class |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture Hours | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Laboratory Hours | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Course Student Hours
- Course Duration (Weeks)
- 12.0
- Hours per unit divisor
- 36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
- Lecture
- 48.0
- Laboratory
- 0.0
- Total
- 48.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
- Lecture
- 96.0
- Laboratory
- 0.0
- NA
- 0.0
- Total
- 96.0
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Advisory(ies)
EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.
Limitation(s) on Enrollment
Entrance Skill(s)
General Course Statement(s)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Methods of Instruction
Lecture and visual aids
Discussion of assigned reading
In-class exploration of Internet sites
Quiz and examination review performed in class
Homework and extended projects
Guest speakers
Collaborative learning and small group exercises
Assignments
- Reading
- Required readings from the texts.
- Suggested supplemental readings.
- Writing
- One five-page research paper which examines an issue of identity negotiations as expressed in texts and films introduced in the course. The focus of the paper will be on written proper format and on historical contextualization, a culturally complex analysis, and the usage of practices of literary criticism.
- Weekly assignment: Short 1-2 page report to summarize and analyze the readings and topics of each class.
- Viewing
- Films such as 鈥淭he Edge of Heaven,鈥 鈥淜ebab Connection,鈥 and 鈥淏lack Rider.鈥
- Documentary films such as 鈥淥mulaule Means Black鈥 and 鈥淗ope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story.鈥
- Music videos such as 鈥淭he Guest Worker鈥 and 鈥淔oreign In One鈥檚 Own Country.鈥
- Oral small group collaborative learning participation and discussion.
- Group discussions of information researched on the internet throughout the class, including small group presentations, to examine the historical and political aspects of identity negotiations of minority voices in today鈥檚 Germany.
- Group discussions of sources presented in class, such as materials provided by the scholarly network Black Central Europe (BCE).
Methods of Evaluation
- Written assignments such as a research paper or short written weekly assignments to evaluate student's ability to synthesize course materials and to discuss critically issues related to multicultural voices in Germany.
- Midterm and final exam with essay questions discussing content from lectures and readings to evaluate student's ability to provide a historical and aesthetic understanding/the cultural complexity of the films, texts, and music of 鈥榤inority鈥 artists in Germany.
- Oral group presentation in which students summarize the outcomes of their collaborative learning projects to evaluate students鈥 understanding of the complexity of the cultural issues raised and their ability to participate in collaborative learning projects.
Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities
Essential Student Materials:聽
- None.
- None.
Examples of Primary Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher | Date/Edition | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayim, May. "Blues in Black and White". Translated by Anne V. Adams. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003. | ||||
| G脙露kt脙录rk, Deniz, David Gramling and Anton Kaes. "Germany in Transit". Berkely: University of California Press, 2007. | ||||
| 脙聳zdamar, Emine. "Mother Tongue". Translated by Craig Thomas. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1994. | ||||
| Obama, Auma. "And Then Life Happens". Translated by Ross Benjamin. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2013. | ||||
| Senocak, Zafer. "Atlas of a Tropical Germany". Translated and by Leslie A. Adelson. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. |
Examples of Supporting Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bayraktar, Nilg脙录n. "Mobility and Migration in Film and Moving-Image Art: Cinema Beyond Europe." London: Routledge, 2016. | ||
| Deleuze, Gilles and F脙漏lix Guattari. "Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature". Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986. | ||
| Harnisch, Antje, Anne Marie Stokes and Friedemann Weidauer, ed. "Fringe Voices. An Anthology of Minority Writing in the Federal Republic of Germany". Oxford: Berg, 1998. | ||
| Kaminer, Wladimir. "Russian Disco". London: Ebury Press, 2002. | ||
| Opitz, May, Katharina Oguntoye and Dagmar Schulz, ed. "Showing Our Colors". Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1992. | ||
| Seyhan, Azade. "Writing Outside the Nation". Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. |
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
Course Objectives
- Demonstrate a critical appreciation of visual, musical, and textual expressions through the study of multicultural voices in Germany, based on practices of literary criticism and an interdisciplinary approach.
- Identify social, historical, and geographic contexts of creative expression as illustrated in the case of multicultural Germany.
- Examine the historical, political and cultural aspects of identity negotiations of minority voices in Germany.
- Analyze identity negotiations of minority voices in Germany in terms of multilingualism and gender.
- Evaluate the historical and contemporary relations of power between minority and majority voices in German culture and society, considering the impact of different political cultures in Germany on identity constructions.
- Make connections between the cultural products of minority artists in Germany.
CSLOs
- Identify the impact of social, historical, political contexts on artistic expression illustrated in the case of minority voices in contemporary German culture.
- Analyze the range of expressions of identity negotiations of minority voices in the unique context of German culture, politics, and history. Examine issues of multilingualism, identity politics, xenophobia, gender, and post-colonialism in the specific German cultural context.
- Analyze and evaluate the historical and contemporary relations of power between minority and majority voices in German culture. Analyze the impact of different political cultures in Germany on the construction of identities of minority communities.
- Compare and contrast the different genres, modes of representation, and themes of minority artists in Germany.
Outline
- Demonstrate a critical appreciation of visual, musical, and textual expressions through the study of multicultural voices in Germany, based on practices of literary criticism and an interdisciplinary approach.
- Concepts of 鈥榤inor literature鈥 and 鈥榤inority literature,鈥 explored by philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze and F茅lix Guattari and writers such as Zafer Senocak.
- Analysis of texts, films, and music, using practices such as literary criticism.
- Genres in literature, film, and music.
- Identify social, historical, and geographic contexts of creative expression as illustrated in the case of multicultural Germany.
- Geographic, political, economic, and social history of Germany.
- Post World War II German history. Recruitment of labor. Colonial and post-colonial history of Germany.
- Comparison of pre-and post-unification era in Germany.
- Changes in German immigration laws.
- Examine the historical, political and cultural aspects of identity negotiations of minority voices in Germany.
- Notions of belonging, including issues of cultural identity among different generations of minority communities.
- National identity and changing ideas of citizenship in Germany: Read essays such as 鈥淕ermany 鈥 Home for Turks?鈥 by Zafer Senocak.
- E.U. and notions of a transnational identity: View films such as 鈥淭he Edge of Heaven.鈥
- Analyze identity negotiations of minority voices in Germany in terms of multilingualism and gender.
- Creative potential of multilingualism in literary texts, such as Emine 脰zdamars 鈥淢other Tongue鈥 and 鈥淕randfather Tongue.鈥
- Negotiations of multi-linguistic identities in films such as 鈥淥mulaule Means Black.鈥
- The intersection of issues relating to ethnicity and gender.
- Evaluate the historical and contemporary relations of power between minority and majority voices in German culture and society, considering the impact of different political cultures in Germany on identity constructions.
- A comparison of the identity constructions of minority voices in West Germany (FRG) and East Germany (GDR) before reunification, including an analysis of different relations of power between minority and majority voices in the two Germany states.
- A comparison of the identity constructions of minority voices before and after German reunification, including an analysis of changing relations of power between minority and majority voices in Germany.
- Identification of a public voice as empowerment: 鈥楳inority鈥 writers, directors, and politicians in contemporary Germany, such as writer May Ayim, director Fati Akin, and politician Cem 脰zdemir.
- An analysis of the impact of colonialism on Afro-Germans in contemporary Germany as expressed in texts examined in the course.
- Make connections between the cultural products of minority artists in Germany.
- Identification of common themes and genres chosen by Turkish-German, Afro-German, and other minority voices within their historical contexts.
- Identification of differences between the cultural products of Turkish-German, Afro-German, and other minority artists in Germany within their historical contexts.
- Analysis of both shared and diverse human experiences across Afro-German and Turkish-German cultures, including reflections on how the cultural assumptions and values expressed in the artistic products are relevant to the students鈥 own worldview.
