Trash in Media and Media as Trash

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.

Bachelor and Master. No prerequisites are necessary to participate in the seminar.

Lorenzo Gineprini

My name is Lorenzo Gineprini, born in Turin, Italy. After completing a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in Turin, I relocated to Berlin to pursue a Master's degree in Philosophy with a specialization in Aesthetics and Media-Philosophy. During my time in Berlin, I gained experience in cultural management through an internship at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and working for the Berlinale in 2020. Additionally, I began freelancing for Loescher, an Italian publishing house specializing in school and university books in the humanities.
Following my Master's degree, I moved to Cologne to embark on my doctoral studies, which commenced in 2021 with a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. During a conference at Bauhaus University in Weimar, I was introduced to the research group Media-Anthropology and was captivated by the research environment and its topics. In 2023, I joined the center for Media-Anthropology as a research assistant. I conducted seminars in media philosophy and media aesthetics at the Bauhaus University and also taught for a semester at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich.
My research interests lie in philosophy, particularly in media philosophy and media aesthetics. My dissertation project focuses on various operations involved in the creation of waste, its invisibilization in everyday life, and its visible-making through artistic practices.

Your application should be submitted until November 3rd, 2024. 
Required application documents:

• Letter of Nomination (applicants financed by the BIP scholarship from the partner universities)
• CV
• Letter of motivation or a short motivation video (max. 1min)
• English language certificate (test certificate or a letter from your university stating your English language knowledge)

The course fee is 300 EURO and includes:

• Orientation & Support
• Programme according to description
• Teaching materials
• Bauhaus Spring School ID card
• Certificate
• Free use of library

The course fee does not include:

• Travel costs
• Accommodation
• Insurance
   

Participants, coming from the partner universites in the framework of Erasmus BIP scholarship and BUW students don't pay the course fee.

In addition to the Spring School courses, we offer a comprehensive "Service Package", which includes participation in the excursions and social programme, free entrance to the museums, travel by public transport and lunch in the student cafeteria. The booking of the Service Package for €70 is optional.
 
Students who do not take up the Service Package are automatically required to pay a course deposit of €100. This is to protect us against costs incurred by non-participation. Since in this case, the universities will not receive any funding from the European Commission. The deposit will be refunded as soon as the participants start the course in Weimar.

3 ECTS

BUW students: please check with the academic programme coordinator for credit recognition.

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