Theory of Photography Seminar 1

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Subject guarantor:

Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The purpose of the course is to understand contemporary social and aesthetic interpretations of visual theory and the ability to understand and interpret writings which cover those topics and apply them to the real images which surround us.

Mode of study:

Seminar

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

A knowledge of the basic works of Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, Vilema Flusser and Marshall McLuhan is required, coverd in the bachelor's classes of Photography Theory.

Recommended optional programme components:

none

Course contents:

A photography theory course covering photography analysis but emphasis is placed, primarily on the wider context of general issues of visuality and issues in communication systems. This is an interdisciplinary glimpse into the reading of an image.

Recommended or required reading:

Nicholas Mirzoeff: Úvod do vizuální kultury

Maria Sturken, Lisa Cartwright: Studia Vizuální kultury

Tomáš Dvořák (ed.):Kapitoly z dějin a teorie médií

Jaroslav Anděl: Myšlení o fotografii / I

Marshall T. Poe: Media and Society from Evolution of Speech to Internet

Ladislav Kesner: Vizuální teorie

Miroslav Petříček: Myšlení obrazem

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

none

Assessment methods and criteria:

The conditions for grading: one roughly 15 minute lecture per semester on any topic connected with an analysis of visuality or communication systems. The topic is agreed upon by the lecturer.

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Photography CZ - Bachelor (qualification subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (qualification subject)