Studium Generale courses

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Let's start the vertical and horizontal analysis of past, present and future myths.

Dark age & co.

Destination 1: The Moon

Frankenstein

1984

R.U.R.

John "Ticktockman" W. Campbell vs. Harlan "Harlequin" Ellison and Horselover "nicht-alle-Tassen-im-Schrank" Fat

Space opera: epic destiny, cosmic technology, and the quiet suspicion that none of this was strictly necessary.

Dune

Ursula leGuin

Olivia Butler - The parable of the Sower

Medienhaus Aula, Gaia

Humans are story-telling animals. In the peri(patetic|cycletic) SoSe2026 seminar at Gutshof Sauen, we shall reflect upon history of story-telling as it has been, since times immemorial, practiced in different cultures and different contexts (artistic, educational, political etc.). We will ask questions like: "How will story-telling look like in the future ? What methods, instruments and media will be used to-tell-the-story in year 2300 ? Will AIs and corporations be the principal story-tellers or are they just temporary actors reminding us how important it is that humanity should protect its "narrative sovereignity" ? What stories will be told, by whom, and to whom ?". But first and foremost: we will practice. Outdoor and indoor; by a fireplace and in Extended Reality, we - You, me, us - will be telling stories. And, hopefully, also learning in the process.

How will (story-)telling look like in the future ?

What methods, instruments and media will be used to-tell(-the-story) in year 2300 ?

https://udk.ai/sauen (main course information)

#udk2300:medienhaus.udk-berlin.de Matrix room(if You install Matrix client (e.g. Element) App on Your device use "medienhaus.udk-berlin.de" as the homeserver)

Foreword(s)

Texts You will go through with Daniel

Ursula leGuin: the Telling

William Storr: The science of story-telling

Joseph Campbell: The hero with the thousand faces

Paul Ricoeur: Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narratives

Texts You will go through with Rinah

Ingold, Tim: Lines (threads and Traces:p 39-53)

Trinh T. Minh-Ha: The Story began long time ago..(intro, 2 pages) 125-151 (Stories and their tellers)

Flusser, Vilem: Crisis of Linearity

Flusser, Vilem: Gestures

Suarez, Lavender: Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives.

The main narrative

Epilogue