Syllabus
COURSE PROGRAM 1. Introduction to the course I
FILM: John Berger Ways of seeing (1972), part 1 2. Introduction to the course II own images & presentations 3. History of image and photography
Sontag, Susan (2005) ‘On Photography’. New York: Rosetta Books, p. 1-20. 4. Workshop I - social interactions in public place 5. Workshop II - social interactions in public place 6. War photography
Butler, Judith (2009) Torture and the Ethics of Photography: Thinking with Sontag, in: ‘Frames of War’. New York: Verso, p. 63-101.
FILM: The War Photographer (2001) 7. Advertisements & hypervisuality in public sphere
Goffman, Erving (1986) Gender Advertisement. Harper Torchbooks. 8. Methods I: photo-essay
Bourgois, Philippe & Jeff Schonberg (2009) Righteous dopefined. California University Press: chapter 7. 9. Final project discussion 10. Methods II: photo-elicitation
Clark-Ibánez, Marisol (2004) Framing the Social World With Photo-Elicitation Interviews. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 1507-1527. 11 & 12. The final projects presentation
Annotation
The course is an introduction to visual sociology and visual studies. It gives students the opportunity to get to know the basics of visual sociology, both in theory and practice.
The course is designed not only to present theoretical approach and methodological background of the subdiscipline, but also to give students the opportunity to explore the filed themselves and gain some research practice. The course is completed by in-class workshops and students’ own projects.