Seminar on Theory of Photography 1
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction |
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307ES1 | Z | 1 | 13/S | English |
- Tutor:
- Robert SILVERIO
- Synopsis:
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This seminar is aimed at a deep analysis of the theory of photography. Students are required to read and critique theoretical literature on photography (and visual culture ). The course connects photography with semiotics and intercultural disciplines.
- Prerequisites:
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Grading:
Participation in discussions: 45%
Presentation of essays in front of other students: 45%
Participation in course 10% (however not less than 60%)
- Study Objectives:
- Outline and Syllabus:
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Assignments:
Students shall be asked to raed critically various texts on theory of photography and visuality and media (see lit.) Each student will present one analysis of a theoretical text per semester. It will be done in front of the other students and thus the interpretation will be subdued to their critical discussion.
- Study materials:
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Literature:
Adorno Theodor: The Culture Industry, Routledge, London 2001
Barthes Roland: Camera Lucida, any edition
Barthes Roland: Image, Music Text, Hill and Wang, NY 1978
Bourdieu Pierre: Photography: A Middle-brow Art, Stanford University Press, Stanford 1990
Burgin Victor (ed.): Thinking Photography, MacMillan Press, London 1982
Burgin Victor: In/Different Spaces, University of California Press Berkley and Los Angeles 1996
Flusser Vilém: Towards a Philosophy of Photography, European Photography, Göttingen 1984
McLuhan Marshal: Understanding Media, McGraw-Hill, New York 1965
Sontag Susan: On Photography, any edition after 1977
Wells, Liz (ed.) The Photography Reader, Routledge, London 2003
- Note:
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On alternate year for 2. and 3. class (2009/10).
- Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Fri Thu Fri - Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject)