| as of 6/30/2022 |
VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES: STUDYING IMAGES, STILL AND MOVING |
| Country - Partner Institution - Programs: | Netherlands - University College, Utrecht - 'Univ. College Utrecht' |
| UC Course Subject | Film and Media Studies |
| Number & Suffix: | 101 |
| Full UC Title: | VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES: STUDYING IMAGES, STILL AND MOVING |
| Transcript Title: | VISUAL CULTURE |
| UC QTR Units - Division: | 6.0 - Upper Division |
| Course Description: | Taking the form of paintings, photography, film, advertising, television, GIFs, virtual reality, fashion–visual culture can be entertaining and afford us pleasure, impact who we are and who we aspire to be. However, it also mediates and regulates power relations and determines who is visible and who remains unseen. In this course students are equipped with the analytical methods and critical tools necessary to tackle some of the central themes in the field of visual culture theory ranging from the politics of representation to questions of materiality. Knowledge-production includes academic writing (essay and research paper) as well as creative practices (scholarly video essay). Prerequisite for this course is a course on comparative media studies. |
| Language of Instruction: | English
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| Partner Title: | VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES: STUDYING IMAGES, STILL & MOVING |
| Partner University Department: | Media Studies |
| Partner University Course Number: | UCHUMMES21 |