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ME2V20002 Media Comparison and Intermediality / ME2V2001 Mediavergelijking en Intermedialiteit: Module 1: Searching and finding literature

LibGuide for the course Media Comparison and Intermediality (ME2V20002)

1.1 Compass training part 1

Register for the online training course Compass offered by the Utrecht University Library on this website. Once you are registered, complete the first two modules of the training: 

1|Finding and accessing information 

2|Setting up your search 

After following the first two parts of the training, complete the following assignments: 

1.2 Find and read publications

To do 

Try to find an online readable version of all the literature assigned for the course. First establish what kind of publication you are dealing with (book, journal article, other?). Use the information about the source in the course manual to decide in what database(s) you are going to look for the publication: 

  1. Elleström, Lars. “Identifying, Construing, and Bridging over Media Borders,” Scripta Uniandrade, v. 16, no. 3 (2018): p. 15-30. 

  1. Ágnes Pethő, Author. “Chapter 1: Intermediality in Film: A Historiography of Methodologies” Cinema and Intermediality: The Passion for the In-Between. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 19-22 & 27-54, 2011. 

  1. Kattenbelt, Chiel. “Theatre as the Art of the Performer and the Stage of Intermediality.” In Intermediality in Theatre and Performance, edited by Freda Chapple & Chiel Kattenbelt, 31-41. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2006. 

  1. Schröter, Jens. "Discourses and Models of Intermediality." CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 13.3 (2011). 

  1. Verstraete, Ginette. “Introduction: Intermedialities: A Brief Survey of Conceptual Key Issues”. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Film & Media Studies, 2010(2), 7-14. 

  1. Rajewsky, Irina O. “Intermediality, Intertextuality and Remediation: A Literary Perspective on Intermediality”. Intermédialités 6 (2005): 43-64. 

  1. Brillenburg Wurth, Kiene. "Old and New Medialities in Foer's Tree of Codes." CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 13.3 (2011). 

  1. McLuhan, Marshall. “The Medium Is the Message.” In Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 7–21. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, (1964) 1994. 

  1. Bolter, J. David, and Richard A. Grusin. “Remediation.” Configurations 4, no. 3 (1996): 311–58. 

  1. Manovich, Lev. “Understanding Metamedia.” In Software Takes Command: Extending the Language of New Media, 107–124 and 147-157. New York ; London: Bloomsbury, 2013. 

Tips 

  1. ​In case of an article: if you did not find a full text, did you already check Google Scholar (with UBU link) through the library’s website?  

  1. In case of a book: if you did not find an online version of the book, you can check at http://utrechtuniversity.on.worldcat.org if the library has access to an electronic version of the book. Did you find an electronic version now? 

DISCLAIMER: Although it might sound unbelievable for those who grew up in a digitalised world, sometimes, in particular if it concerns older publications, no online texts are available (yet). In this case always check the Utrecht Library collection in WorldCat to see if the text is available in printed form. 

1.3 Add references to Zotero

​Check 'Reference Management using Zotero' for support on adding titles to Zotero.

To do

  • Add the titles of the previous assignment on searching for literature to Zotero using the Browser extension.
  • Create a new folder in Zotero (for instance "Sources Media Comparison") and put the titles in this collection
  • Add a tag to each title, so that you know for which week or assignment it is required reading. 
  • Review the title information for these five titles in Zotero. 
    • Is the title information complete? Does it contain all the details required for references adhering to the Chicago Manual of Style (log in with your Solis ID)? If not; 

    • Complete the references in the library using the pane on the right to add details.  

    • Does Zotero give you direct access to the publication (if online available)? 

    • Was the pdf of the publication already automatically added to Zotero? If not; 

    • Manually add the pdf's to Zotero so that you now have quick access to all the literature for the course. 

1.4 Extra assignment: how to reference art and design?

If you have time left you can:

  • Look for information about the following examples of artworks, art events, and art pieces: 

    • The installation “Precious Liquids” (1992) by Louise Bourgeois 

    • The painting “Wall Drawing #1084” by Sol LeWitt 

    • The photograph “Ann en Paolo in de Old Navy, Saint-Germain-des-Prés” (c. 1989) by Ed van der Elsken  

    • The fashion design “Look 33, The Fashion Show Collection” (Fall/Winter 2007-2008) by Viktor & Rolf  

    • The “Rood-blauwe leunstoel” [“Red blue armchair”] (1918) by Gerrit Rietveld  

    • The exhibition “In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York 

  • Now check how to reference each of these objects according to the Chicago Manual of Style by using Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or the online Chicago Manual of Style (log in with your Solis ID). 

  • Pick at least 2 of these objects and create an item for them in your Zotero library (NB: click on ‘item type’ in Zotero to select the right type of item), by manually adding all the required bibliographic information.