Syllabus
Topics 1st week: Introduction/Perspective - development of modern visuality 2nd week: Traditional vs. technical images 3rd week: New visuality 4th week: Technical media and temporality 5th week: Visual violence - war pornography 6th week: Semiotics and signs 7th week: Visuality and digital age 8th week: Reality - theatricality - virtuality 9th week: Technological determinism 10th week: Limits of photojournalism - paparazzi 11th week: New media - trends - Photography 11. week: Limits of photojournalism - paparazzi 12. week: New media - trends - Photography 13. week: Students self-evaluation II /Final Discussion
Annotation
"Media and technical images" is a seminar/workshop introduction to the theory of the photographic image and visual culture. The course is designed for foreign students with a background in visual culture and image: visual studies, journalism, sociology, history of art, etc.
During the seminar, students will become familiar with the development of theoretical thinking and understanding of the visuality of the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will emphasize fundamental theoretical texts from the field of visual studies and photography and put them into the context of contemporary photography, art, and media practice.
Essential parts of the course are the discussions, evaluations, and reflection above the texts read.