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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Introduction: review of History of Camera-Images I and issues of modernism and postmodernism in relation to camera-images
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Assignment I
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Working on the assignments. |
3) |
Post-war realities and fantasies in photographic work
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
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Post-war realities and fantasies in filmic work: Hollywood and counter-cinemas
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
5) |
The emergence of video
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
6) |
Assignment II |
Working on the assignments.
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Midterm; screening and discussion of filmic and video work in relation to uses of notion of postmodernism/the postmodern.
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Weekly readings will be assigned.
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8) |
Camera-images and varieties of the postmodern in photography, film and video
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
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Digitization in photography and photographic practices and genre
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
10) |
Digitization in film and film and video practices and genres
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Weekly readings will be assigned.
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11) |
Globalization and transculture in camera-image practices
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Weekly readings will be assigned.
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12) |
Assignment III
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Working on the assignments. |
13) |
Current debates in photography, film and video
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
14) |
Presentation and discussion of visual essay assignments and revision
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Working on the presentations. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Mary Warner Marien, Photography: A Cultural History, 2nd edition, Laurence King, London, 2006; Ian Jeffrey, Revisions: An Alternative History of Photography, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, England, 1999; Geoffrey Batchen, Burning with Desire: The Conception of Photography, The MIT Press, 1999.
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References: |
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum, NY):
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?s=all&t=all&d=photographs&x=21&y=15
Victoria and Albert Museum, Photography: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/p/photography/
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. |
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2) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. |
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3) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. |
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Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. |
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Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. |
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Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. |
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Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. |
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Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. |
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Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. |
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