Lecturer in Art, Media and Cultural Theory with Module Responsibility 35% – 45%

About the job

• Development and implementation of teaching formats to convey theoretical, subject-specific fundamentals and methods in the fields of art history, art, culture and media theory.
• Didactically sound promotion of text and reading comprehension, critical thinking as well as analytical and reflective abilities.
• Support and guidance of students in developing a critical, discursive-creative attitude.
• Enabling students to present their work factually and methodically professionally, both in written and oral form.
• Promotion of text and reading comprehension, critical ability and subject-specific self-reflection.
• Participation in the planning and implementation of curatorial and mediating formats.

• Overall responsibility for the content, organisational and personnel planning, implementation and further development of the module in accordance with specifications.
• Lateral leadership of lecturers and teaching staff involved in the module; in particular ensuring communication, promoting collaboration and coordinating work assignments. Recruitment of teaching staff in consultation with the preparatory course management.
• Planning and allocation of resources and materials within the module.
• Ensuring the didactic quality and topicality of the teaching.
• Quality assurance and qualitative further development of the module, including feedback to lecturers.
• Participation in the professional, organisational and personnel development of the preparatory design course.
• Representation of the theory subject area in the core team and within the Department of Design Film Art.
• Active participation in exchange, planning, evaluation and development bodies and involvement in strategic issues.

• You have a completed university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in art history, media and cultural studies or a related discipline.
• You have teaching experience at a university or a preparatory design course. A certificate in higher education didactics can be obtained during employment.
• You possess profound knowledge of established as well as current theories, discourses and positions in the fields of art, culture and media theory as well as curating.
• You are familiar with current methods and didactics of theory and knowledge transfer as well as promoting text and reading comprehension and are experienced in their application.
• You have experience in the mediation and curation of artistic, creative and film works.
• You are visible and networked in the art and cultural scene.
• You are a communicative and reliable personality with pronounced cooperation and social skills.
• You think and work interdisciplinarily and enjoy team-oriented collaboration.
• You have organisational skills and are experienced in independently planning and implementing projects and teaching units.
• Very good German skills in spoken and written form. Good English skills are desirable.

• The opportunity to bring an independent practice into teaching and help shape the development of the preparatory design course.
• An open, experimental environment at an innovative university of design, film and art.
• Modern and contemporary infrastructure with excellent analogue and digital workshops and spacious studios.
• Opportunities for professional and didactic development.
• The workplace is the Viscosistadt campus, Lucerne-Emmenbrücke.

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