[spectre] Call for applications - early acceptance and all scholarships (Deadline Nov 17, 2019) - Media Arts Cultures joint master degree

[Oliver Grau]

MEDIA ARTS CULTURES Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree 
Erasmus+ - European Master of Excellence 
KREMS / AALBORG / LODZ / SINGAPORE
Call for applications
Early acceptance and submission for all scholarships
2020 Intake - deadline November 17, 2019
www.mediaartscultures.eu 

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Media Arts Cultures is organized jointly by: Danube University Krems
(Austria, lead) Aalborg University (Denmark) University of Lodz (Poland)
and Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore).

Associated Partners: Archive of Digital Art, Ars Electronica Linz,
ArtSciMuseum, DAM, Europeana, FACT, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Instrument
Inventors Initiative, imai, Impakt Festival, MOCAK, monochrome, Neural
Magazine, SPEKTRUM, WRO Art Center, ZKM

The language of instruction is English and includes taught semesters,
internship, and a master thesis supervised by lecturers from the partner
universities.
MediaAC faculty include: Andreas BROECKMANN, Wendy COONES, Palle
DAHLSTEDT, Steven DIXON, Oliver GRAU, Jens HAUSER, Elizabeth JOCHUM,
Sarah KENDERDINE, Ryszard W. KLUSZCZYŃSKI, Lev MANOVICH, Roger MALINA,
Wolfgang MUENCH, Frieder NAKE, Maciej OŻÓG, Christiane PAUL, Ana
PERAICA, Katarzyna PRAJZNER, Jeffrey SHAW, Morten SØNDERGAARD, Audrey
WONG, Jon CATES, Francesco FRANCO, Sean CUBITT, Patricia FALCAO, Tamillo
THIEL, Andrés BURBANO, Marian DÖRK and many others.

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Media Arts Cultures is a 2-year mobility program, enabling students to
study across Europe and in Asia. Students spend three semesters at
different universities, complete an internship at a Consortium
Associated Partner, and write a Master Thesis at the best-suited partner
during the final semester. Upon completion, students receive a 120 ECTS
joint master degree in Media Arts Cultures from three universities.
Graduates may further pursue a PhD within Europe or other international
higher education regions as well as choose to enter the world of work in
the Creative and Cultural Sector.
Securing your early acceptance to the program enables applicants to
submit materials to the various scholarship opportunities: 
External-funding scholarships, Erasmus+ fully-funded scholarships, and
MediaAC Consortium scholarships with Erasmus+ mobility bursaries. 
The MediaAC Consortium invites dedicated and energetic applicants from
all countries and all relevant fields of study and experience to apply.

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MediaAC is one of the few culture-centered Erasmus Mundus programs, and
the only program connecting culture to the media arts. Digital media art
plays a major role at international festivals and in contemporary
culture. But, in part due to the obsolescence of presentation equipment
and storage formats, media art has not yet fully arrived in archives and
museums. The collection, exhibition and conservation strategies of
digital art, as well as their mediation, are necessary for the
modernization of the Creative and Cultural Sector.
The joint Master of Arts MediaAC aims to generate a better
understanding of the image revolution. It addresses the needs of the
evolving fields related to the futures and histories of Media Art
Cultures. MediaAC provides education and training for future specialists
in Media Arts Cultures and prepare them for emerging careers in the
creative and cultural sectors, research and academia. 
Selected topics like Media Cultural Histories, Digital Heritage,
Archiving, Experience Design, Media Arts Theory, New Media Aesthetics,
Infrastructures of Digital Cultures, Long Time Preservation, Curating&
Arts Management, or Media Arts Futures provide students
bothinternationally-advanced theoretical as well as practical
knowledge in the Media Arts, through a singular combination of
pedagogical foci, trans-disciplinary approaches, and critical thinking
in connection to the needs of both academic and non-academic
stakeholders.

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Contact: Media Arts Culture Consortium 
www.mediaartscultures.eu
mediaac(at)donau-uni.ac.at