IM093 Visual Culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. František Kůst (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 N41
Prerequisites
This course provides a comprehensive overview of Visual culture. The course is designed to further develop the visual language of new media skills of students who have passed courses as Visual studies and Media technology: Language of new Media.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to:
Define the basic term from the field of contemporary (digital) visual culture
Explain the relations of emergence of new media
Analyse newmedia works from the point of visual stategies of new media
Summarize findings from the field of visual imagery in the field of contemporary visual culture
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Basic terminology and processes of the visual culture 3. Changes of the visual culture connected with the coming of digital technologies 4. New media 5. Digital aesthetics 6. Visual imaging of new media 7. Visual strategies 8. Presentations, workshop 9. Test
Literature
  • DARLEY, Andrew. Visual digital culture : surface play and spectacle in new media genres. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2000, x, 225. ISBN 0415165555. info
  • The visual culture reader. Edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2002, xix, 737. ISBN 0415252229. info
  • LISTER, Martin. New media : a critical introduction. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2003, vi, 404 s. ISBN 0-415-22377-6. info
  • MANOVICH, Lev. The language of new media. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xxxix, 354. ISBN 0-262-63255-1. info
Teaching methods
lectures (One 1.5 hour class per week plus tutorials once per semester) seminars
Assessment methods
Evaluation: written test, presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
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