VISUAL CULTURE
VISUAL CULTURE
Visual culture studies
Visual culture studies. Alcune riflessioni storiografiche
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| 2022/2023 | 6 |
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| Barbara Montesi |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course provides PhD students with the skills to understand and critically reflect on the theories and interpretations of visual culture. Within visual culture studies, the course focuses, in particular, on the relationship between visual culture and historiography.
At the end of the course, the students know the specific characteristics of visual culture studies.
Program
The course illustrates the transdisciplinary theoretical path that has led to the emergence of visual culture and visual culture studies in academia. It focuses on some historiographical research that has focused on the perspective of visuality, encouraging the reflection of PhD students on the possible applications of this perspective in their research.
Bridging Courses
The are no bridging courses to respect.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students have to reach these goals:
1. Understanding the main issues and problems relating to research methodology in the visual culture. Knowledge of the main tools to do scientific research in contemporary history.
1.1. Students will attain this knowledge by participating in lectures and studying the scientific texts proposed by the teacher and discussed in the classroom.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding: students should consolidate skills and ability to define simple research projects and deal with some typical problems.
2.1. Classroom discussions, tutorials, and a study of texts.
3. Capacity of judgment: students should achieve criticism about the methods used in the most common empirical investigations.
4. Communication skills: discussion coordinated by the teacher on the course topics.
4.1. Development of opportunities for dialogue in the classroom.
5. Learning skills: developing critical skills, logic and problem analysis.
5.1. Classroom discussions, tutorials, a study of texts
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Video – Multimedia – Mixed media
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