Week |
Date |
Daily
Topic |
Readings |
Assignments/Other
info |
| 1 | m8/28 | Introductions and introduction to course. Film: Berger, Ways of Seeing |
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| w8/30 | What is Visual Culture? Film: True Meaning of Pictures |
S&C: TOC, Introduction, 1- 15 | Bring in visual image to introduce yourself to the class; Look at Group Project possibilites, decide which project you want to do; have a back up in mind. | |
| 2 | m9/4 | No
Class: |
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| w9/6 | Linguistics, Semiotics, and Structuralism | S&C: pp
16-44; |
3 words in
Glossary; Groups decide on which articles
they would like to present; again, have some backup choices.
Remember you have two. |
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| 3 | m9/11 | Images Power
and Politics Film:Triumph of the Will |
S&C: pp 45-71 | 2 words in Glossary t9/12: Last Day to Add |
| w9/13 | Viewers Make Meaning
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Reader: Hall | 1st Applied Theory presentation | |
| 4 | m9/18 | Politics of Representation 1: Gender and Sexuality (Spectatorship and representation) Film: Killing us softly |
S&C:
72-93 |
2 words in Glossary |
| w9/20 | Politics of Representation 2: Class and Social Power (Discourse, Power and Knowledge) |
S&C: 93-108
Reader: Foucault R: Rose, Ch. 7 |
2 words in
Glossary |
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| 5 | m9/25 | Politics of representation
3: Race and Imperialism Film: Ethnic Notions |
Reader: McClintock | 2 words in
Glossary; |
Reproduction and Visual Technologies Film: The Japanese Version |
S&C:109-130 Benjamin |
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| 6 | m10/2 | Reproduction
and Visual Technologies Workshop: Photoshop |
S&C: 130-150 |
Meet in NCC Computer lab at 10:30. Be on time! |
| w10/4 | Mass Media and the Public Sphere | S&C: 151-188 Reader: Postman |
2 words in Glossary; Group contracts due; have some preliminary ideas about Group project GAP: Marketing |
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| 7 | t10/10 | Film: Century of the Self |
Columbus
Day Holiday Monday10/9: Monday classes meet Tuesday. 2nd Applied Theory Presentation |
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| w10/11 | Culture
Industry and the Public Sphere |
Adorno | 2 words in Glossary;
GAP: Photo II |
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| 8 | m10/16 | Labor, Commodities,
and "Commodity Fetishism" |
S&C: 189-203 Suggested reading: Adam Smith from Wealth of Nations on Commodities for comparison |
2 words in
Glossary |
| w10/18 | Consumer Culture and the Manufacturing of Desire
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R: ha! |
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| 9 | m10/23 | Modernism and Visual Culture |
S&C:203-236 S&C:237-251 |
2 words in Glossary |
| w10/25 | Modernism and Visual Culture (cntd) |
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f10/27: End of Elective
Withdrawal period GAP: Video |
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| 10 | m10/30 | Scientific Looking Clips: Silent Scream; Extreme Makeover |
S&C: 279-314 Reader: Hartouni; Balsamo |
EL papers due 10/30 10:30a |
| w11/1 | Postmodernism and Popular Culture | S&C: 251-278 |
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| 11 | m11/6 | Postmodernism and Popular Culture (cntd) |
Jameson (pdf); Baudrillard R: Debord |
2 words in Glossary GAP: Zine, Photo I respectively |
| w11/8 | Global Flow of Visual Culture Film: Control Room |
S&C: 315-348 |
2 words in Glossary GAP: Video |
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| 12 | m11/13 | Digital Media and Intellectual Property |
Intro and Chapter 1 Lessig, Free Culture; Optional:ppt |
FIRE Draft due for 11/15 Peer review GAP: Photo II |
| w11/15 | Peer Review of FIRE Drafts Film: No Logo |
Peer Review of FIRE Drafts |
Peer Review of FIRE Drafts |
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| 13 | m11/20 | Intellectual Property | Vaidhyanathan optional: McLeod |
Final Draft of
Integrative Research Essay GAP: Advertising |
| w11/22 | Thanksgiving: no class | Group
Field trip to local mall |
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| 14 | m11/27 | No Class - work on Group Projects | ||
| w11/29 | Wrap up and Course evaluations | |||
| 15 | m12/4 | Group Project Presentations | Integrative Research Essays returned | |
| w12/6 | Group Project Presentations | Group Journal posted to WebCT by Sunday, 12/11, 9:00p | ||
| 16 | w12/13 | Portfolio Due by 12:00 pm | Essay Revisions (optional) due w/ portfolio |
