myStudy - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Dates

every 14 days | Tuesday | 14:00 - 17:30 | 12.10.2026 - 27.10.2026 | HMS E07

single appointment | Tu, 01.12.2026, 14:00 - Tu, 01.12.2026, 17:30 | HMS E07

every 14 days | Tuesday | 14:00 - 17:30 | 01.12.2026 - 15.12.2026 | HMS E07

weekly | Tuesday | 14:00 - 17:30 | 12.01.2027 - 26.01.2027 | HMS E07

Curriculum context

Module

42034000 Recent Developments in Media Theory

Assessment

[30940] Kitsch and Camp in Games and Digital Media

Form of assessment

Combined academic performance

Examiner

Mathias Fuchs

Elements of assessment:

presentation (50%)
term paper (8-10 pp.) (50%)

Dates

Date of assessment: Monday, 15.03.2027
Resit date: No resit date will be offered to this assessment, because it is didactically inseparably connected with one of the associated courses. A resit will only be possible, if the module is available again.

Notices

The assessment consists of a presentation (50%) and a term paper (50%). For the presentation you should pick an object of your choice and demonstrate why you consider it to be kitsch. (10 minutes max.) The term paper should elaborate on your view of kitsch or camp and refer to texts we read in the seminar or other publications you consider relevant. The term paper should be written in English and have a length of 8 to 10 pages.

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Organizational information

Type of course

Seminar

planned way of execution

Full presence

Hours per week per semester

Registration process

central procedure for assignment of remaining places (with participant limit)

Maximum number of participants

Registration

Lottery procedure

central procedure for assignment of remaining places (with participant limit)

Time period

Registration ends on 12.10.2026 at 23:59.

Persons

Teaching staff

Mathias Fuchs

Content

Language of instruction

Englisch

Native Title

Kitsch and Camp in Games and Digital Media

Tags

none

Content and concept

The seminar investigates popular opinions, theoretical approaches and historical perspectives on objects that could be labelled “kitsch”. In what way does “high art” differ from kitsch and camp? Does the appreciation of works of art change in the course of time? Which digital games are assessed as stylish and classy and which ones as banal or as kitsch? How do we value paintings, music, games and new media that are flamboyant, overloaded with ornament and rich in decorative detail? What are the social and cultural breeding grounds for kitsch?

The seminar offers a critical reading of texts by Clement Greenberg, Adolf Loos, Theo van Doesburg, Ed Simon, Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu, and others.

Objective

Critical reading and a creative presentation by the students.

Other

3 more meetings will be scheduled in communication with the students.

Evaluation

An evaluation was registered for this course

Further information on teaching evaluation: https://www.leuphana.de/en/teaching/quality-management/evaluation/course-evaluation.html