Academic Work Irina Turner

Updated: January 2016 AcademicWork
IrinaTurner
Publications
2015 The State of the Nation: Businification of Political Rhetoric in Post‐ apartheid South Africa. [Dissertation]. LIT Publishing 2015 Turner, I & Rémi Tchokothe (guest eds.): The political economy of contemporary cultural production: a focus on the breach between text and context. Special Issue of Critical Arts: South‐North Cultural and Media Studies. 2015 A matter of choice? The Role of English and isiXhosa for University Graduates in their Early Careers, Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society 3(2), pp. 43‐74 2015 Book review: Piotr Cap and Urszula Okulska (eds), Analyzing Genres in Political Communication. Discourse & Society, 26(3), 401‐403. 2013 Opposing the Developmental State online: how do South Africans make use of online platforms to challenge government’s macroeconomic strategies?. In: Getachew, G.A. & Narh, P. (eds.): Challenging notions of development and change from everyday life in Africa. (pp. 22‐48). BIGSAS Works! Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers (11). 2013 The Changing State of the South African Nation: Political Proximity to Business from a Rhetorical Perspective. In A. Olorunnisola, & A. Douai (eds.), New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa (pp. 168‐186). Hershey: IGI Global 2008 Comprehending Gender Issues Through Photography? – A South African Case Study. Saarbrücken: VDM TeachingatBayreuthUniversity,Germany
Winter Term 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 Professionell Schreiben und Präsentieren und Argumentieren (Academic Writing, Presenting and Arguing); ( BA African Languages, Literatures and Arts); Bayreuth University Winter Term Linguistic Field Research (M.A. African Language Studies) with Prof. Dr. G. Sommer/ Prof. 2015/2016 Dr. D. Ibriszimow 2014/2015 2013/2014 Winter Term Marxismus in afrikanischer Kunst, Literatur und Rhetorik (Marxism in African Literature, 2014/2015 Arts and Rhetoric); ( BA African Languages, Literatures and Arts) ; with Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke & Dr. Nadine Siegert; Bayreuth University Summer Term Südafrikanische Fotografie und ihr politischer Diskurs (South African Photography and its 2015 Political Discourse); (BA African Languages, Literatures and Arts); with Sarah Böllinger 2014 (M.A.); Bayreuth University Summer Term EDV Multimedia (Computer Literacy and Blogging); (BA African Languages, Literatures and 2015 Arts); with Dr. Rémi Tchokothe; Bayreuth University 2014 2013 TeachingatFortHareUniversity,SouthAfrica
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Introduction to Discourse Analysis; Research Methodology (Communication Honours; COM 511) Knowledge and language on the internet; Philosophy Research Colloquium 1 Updated: January 2016 
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Essay Construction, Argumentation Theory & Referencing and Plagiarism; Reading Writing, Listening and Speaking Skills (BA English Language and Literature ESP 111) From Paragraph to Essay; Introduction to the Study of Language and Literature (BA English Language and Literature ECL 110E) The stages of language acquisition; isiXhosa non‐mother tongue for education students (Education BA; XNM 111) African Language Studies in Germany‐ an overview; isiXhosa Literature (isiXhosa Honours; XHS 312) The world through ZUMARKEL’s eyes: Comparative discourse analysis of statesmen’s speeches; Comparative Politics; (Political Science Honours, POL 513) OrganisationofConferencesandColloquia
Winter Term Research Colloquium Afrikanistik with Prof. Dr. Dymitr Ibriszimow and Prof. Dr. Gabriele 2015/2016 Sommer 2014/2015 2013/2014 10/11 June 21. Afrikanistentag in Bayreuth; International conference with about 60 participants; 2014 Bayreuth University Winter Term WIPTEC‐ Work in Progress Colloquium (English and Roman Studies) with Sofia Rüdiger, 2013/2014 M.A.; Bayreuth University Presentations June 2015 28th SWAHILI COLLOQUIUM, Bayreuth
What freedom means to me: comparative semantic analysis of a key topos in the speeches of Julius Nyerere and Nelson Mandela June 2014 ZUKUNFT AFRIKA – Tagung der Vereinigung for Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland (VAD E.V.); Bayreuth Panel 46‐ Media Technologies and Processes of Mediatisation in Africa (Convenor: Prof. Tilo Grätz, FU Berlin): The future of South African politics: media images of post‐comrade‐
generation leaders June 2014 ZUKUNFT AFRIKA – Tagung der Vereinigung for Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland (VAD E.V.); Bayreuth Panel 13‐ The future of elections, political participation and representative democracy in Africa (Convenor: Dr. Alexander Stroh): Deliberate disenfranchisement after the Long Walk to Freedom?: Free‐borns' online attitudes towards South Africa's national elections June 2013 Research Colloquium Afrikanistik, Bayreuth University
Businified Political Discourse on the State of the South African Nation: A Dialogue between Presidential Speeches and Newspaper Reports June 2012 IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research)‐ Conference Durban, South Africa Political communication about the State of the South African Nation. Rhetorical turning points in an evolving democracy November BIGSAS Research Colloquium Bayreuth
2011 Dialogue of Discourses: How presidential speeches and newspaper reports talk to each other about the state of the South African nation September SACOMM (South African Communication Association)‐ Conference Stellenbosch, South 2006 Africa Framing Zuma. A Case Study of Media Effects in South African Political Communication 2 Updated: January 2016 Training
January 2016 Fortbildungszentrum Hochschullehre (FBZHL), Bayreuth University:
Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education of the Bavarian Universities (97 Units of 45 min) The Concept of Constructive Alignment Problem‐Based Learning Just in time teaching Engaging methods of Instructional Design Intercultural Communication in an Academic Working Environment Spontaneity in University Teaching Examination Rights and Legal Policies Creating a Teaching Portfolio Principles of Conversation and Moderation February 2014 Dr. Wolfgang Adamczak (WAD Consulting) for Bayreuth University: Von der Idee zum Projekt‐ Wie stelle ich Projektanträge? (Project Fundraising in an academic context) February 2012 Amb. (ret.). Dr. Alexander Mühlen for BIGSAS, Bayreuth University:
International Negotiation Skills 3

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