Media and Technical Images - JJM298

• Anglický název: Media and Technical Images
• Český název: Média a technické obrazy
• Zajišťuje: Katedra žurnalistiky (23-KZ)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2014 do 2018
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/0, KZ [HT]
• Počet míst: 20 / neurčen (20)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: doc. Mgr. MgA. Filip Láb, Ph.D.; Mgr. Sandra Lábová, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: doc. Mgr. MgA. Filip Láb, Ph.D.; Mgr. Sandra Lábová, Ph.D.
• Třída: Courses for incoming students

Anotace

Poslední úprava: doc. Mgr. MgA. Filip Láb, Ph.D. (12.02.2021)

"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 and reflection above the texts read.

course Moodle: https://dl2.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=3122

course will be online on Zoom:


https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/92341847572?pwd=eDBDdmVnQWt4dFgyYVZzREo4L3Uzdz09

Meeting ID: 923 4184 7572
Passcode: 415532

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Sandra Lábová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)

The aim of this course is to raise awareness of the most common forms of visual media, photography, and increase the visual literacy of students. Students will deal with essential texts on the theory of photography accompanied by examples of relevant works from the history of photography. Students should gain deeper understanding of the characteristics of the photographic media, philosophical problems related to it, and deeper their visual literacy.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Sandra Lábová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)

Full attendance will be expected (25 points), active participation (25 points), reading of selected texts (25 points), final paper (25 points). The successful finishing of the class requires at least 75 points.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Sandra Lábová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)

Berger, John (1972). Ways of Seeing. London: British Broadcasting Corporation and Penguin Books.  0-14-021631-6.

BATCHEN, G.  (1999). Burning with Desire. 1st ed. Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 1999.

BATCHEN. G. (2002).  Each wild idea : writing, photography, history. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press.

Barthes, R. (1981). Camera Lucida New York: Hill and Wang-

Controverses : une histoire juridique et éthique de la photographie / Daniel Girardin ; Christian Pirker. Arles : Actes Sud ; Lausanne : Musée de l'Elysée, 2008

ELKINS, J. (2007). Photography theory / edited by James Elkins New York ; London : Routledge.

ELKINS, J. (2011). What photography is. New York: Routledge, 2011.

EVANS, J., HALL, S. (2002).Visual Culture: the reader. 3. vyd. London: SAGE Publications.

FINEMAN, M. (2012). Faking it: manipulated photography before Photoshop. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

FLUSSER, V. (2011). Into the Universe of Technical Images (Trans. Nancy Ann Roth). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

FONTCUBERTA. J. (2014). 
Pandora's Camera, London: Mack.

GEFTER, P. (2009). Photography after Frank / essays by Philip Gefter New York : Aperture.

KUKKONEN, K. a M. STOCCHETTI. (2011) Images in use: towards the critical analysis of visual communication [online]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co.

MIRZOEFF, N. (2008). An Introduction to Visual Culture.2^nd Ed. London: Routledge.

LISTER, M. (ed.). (2013). The photographic image in digital culture. London ; New York : Routledge.

RITCHIN, F. (2009). After photography. 1st ed. New York: W. W. Norton, c2009.

RITCHIN, F. (2010). Bending the frame: photojournalism, documentary, and the citizen. 1st ed. New York: Aperture.

SCOTT, C. (1999). The spoken image : photography and language. London : Reaktion.

Sontag, S. (1977). On Photography", Penguin, London.

STRAUSS LEVI, D. (2014). Words not spent today. Buy smaller images tomorrow. New York: Aperture.

TAGG, J. (2009). The disciplinary frame : photographic truths and the capture of meaning / John Tagg. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press.

WELLS, L. (2004).  Photography : a critical introduction / Liz Wells New York : Routledge.

ZUROMSKIS, C. (2013). Snapshot photography: The lives of images. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Metody výuky

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Sandra Lábová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)

Seminar, reading of texts and discussion, visiting exhibitions, practical photographic works.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Sandra Lábová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)

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:  Students self-evaluation I

8th    week: Visuality and digital age

9th    week: Reality - theatricality - virtuality

10th   week: Technological determinism

11th   week: Limits of photojournalism - paparazzi

12th   week: New media - trends - Photography

13th   week: Students self-evaluation II /Final Discussion