Participants will gain:
- Basic knowledge in the emerging interdisciplinary fields of Waste Studies and Discard Studies.
- Profound knowledge of the strategies and mechanisms through which different media represent waste. This specific research also provides insights into fundamental concepts and methods of media philosophy and media aesthetics.
- Profound knowledge of Trash as an aesthetic and media category. Focusing on the category of Trash, students will also become familiar with related aesthetic styles such as Camp and Kitsch, learning how artistic and aesthetic values are formed.