SAN236 Visual Anthropology

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Obrovská, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:30 U35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides a survey of main ideas underlying debates on visual anthropology. It aims at providing the introduction to the interpretation of visual materials. It presents the reflexion of contemporary interdisciplinary study of visualities.
Syllabus
  • 1) introduction: visual studies 2) methodology and interpretation 3) case studies
Literature
  • DAVIS, Whitney. A general theory of visual culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, xvi, 384. ISBN 9780691147659. info
  • DIKOVITSKAYA, Margarita. Visual culture : the study of the visual after the cultural turn. 1st MIT Press paperback ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2006, 316 s. ISBN 0262541882. info
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. An introduction to visual culture. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1999, xi, 274. ISBN 0415158761. info
  • Interpreting visual culture : explorations in the hermeneutics of the visual. Edited by D. Ian Heywood - Barry Sandywell. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1999, xviii, 260. ISBN 0415157099. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, workshops
Assessment methods
project and its presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011.
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