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The course illustrates the transdisciplinary theoretical path that has led to the emergence of visual culture studies in the academic field.

It focuses on some historiographical research that has assigned a specific value to visual culture, encouraging the reflection of PhD students on the possible applications of this perspective in their research. 

The objectives are to provide students with:

basic knowledge of visual culture studies;

an overview of the visual analysis in the field of historiography (in particular for the fascist era);

perspectives of visual analysis in their own research paths.
 

The course focuses initially on the creation and elaboration of visual culture studies, and then on the possible applications in historiographic research.

Finally, he reflects on the concept of "seeing fascism" and on some works related to the twenty years that can enroll in visual culture studies.

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

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

Video – Multimedia – Mixed media

Innovative teaching methods

Debate;

Flipped classroom

Course books

Maddalena Carli, Vedere il fascismo. Arte e politica nelle esposizioni del regime (1928-1942), Carocci, Roma 2021 (introduzione);

Gianmarco Mancosu, Vedere l'impero. L'Istituto Lice e il colonialismo fascista, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2022 (introduzione);

Luca Acquarelli, Il fascismo e l'immagine dell'impero. Retoriche e culture visuali, Donezelli, Roma 2022 (introduzione);

Barbara Montesi, Alla ricerca di Shirley Temple? Cinema, celebrity culture e infanzia nell'Italia fascista, in "Storia e problemi contemporanei", 2021, n. 88.

Assessment

The course will be evaluated through an elaborated (paper/presentation) concerning the possible use of visual/visual sources in your research path.

Further details on the form and structure of the thesis will be discussed during the lessons.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.