Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to course. |
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2) |
History and Photography: Definitions of "Modern" and "Postmodern". |
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3) |
Practicing photography as a research method. |
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4) |
Dimension of the Image: Surface, time, space. |
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5) |
The 4 components of Visual Methodologies I: Production of the Image and the Image itself. |
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6) |
The 4 components of Visual Methodologies II: Circulation of the Image and the Image's audience. |
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7) |
Analysis of content and composition. |
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8) |
Semiology. |
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9) |
Psychoanalysis. |
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10) |
Discourse Analysis. |
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11) |
Photographic experiments in anthropology and ethnography. |
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12) |
Digital methodologies. |
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13) |
Photographs as research objects. |
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14) |
Presentation of and feedback for students' final project proposals. |
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Course Notes / Textbooks: |
G. (2016). Visual methodologies : an introduction to researching with visual materials. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Fox, A. & Caruana, N. (2020). - Photography as a social research method. Singapore: Springer. Stanczak, G. (2007). Visual research methods : image, society, and representation. Los Angeles: Sage Publications. |
References: |
Research in photography : behind the image. London, UK New York, NY, USA: Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc. B39.
Read, S. & Simmons, M. (2017). Photographers and research : the role of research in contemporary photographic practice. New York, NY: Routledge. - Langmann, S. & Pick, D. (2018). |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media. |
2 |
2) |
Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video. |
4 |
3) |
Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video. |
5 |
4) |
Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video. |
4 |
5) |
Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video. |
1 |
6) |
Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video. |
2 |
7) |
Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture. |
5 |
8) |
Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images. |
5 |
9) |
Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge. |
2 |
10) |
Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media. |
4 |
11) |
Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture. |
5 |
12) |
Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication. |
2 |
13) |
Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects. |
3 |
14) |
Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology. |
5 |