FAVz073 Visual Culture, Conflict and Migration

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Kevin Smets (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Lanšperková (assistant)
Mgr. Kateřina Šardická (assistant)
Mgr. Petronela Vavreková (assistant), doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 27. 11. 12:00–13:40 C34, 16:00–17:40 C34, Wed 28. 11. 10:00–11:40 C34, 14:00–15:40 C34, Thu 29. 11. 10:00–11:40 C34
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 69 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/69, only registered: 0/69, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/69
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This lecture series aims to provide students with in-depth insights into the relations between visual culture, conflict and migration, mainly from the perspectives of cinema studies and media studies. During five thematic lectures, the course demonstrates that visual culture (film, television, photography, …) is central to the way in which contemporary societies deal with and make sense of violent conflicts, forced migration, diversity and multiculturalism. The lectures will veer between comprehensive discussions of the academic literature on these themes, and specific examples drawn from research conducted by the lecturer. The aim is to make students acquainted with a variety of relevant concepts, theoretical schools and authors that explain the relationships between visual culture, conflict and migration. The case studies that will be discussed include diasporic film cultures, Kurdish film cultures, and visual representations of refugees. The main focus will be on cases related to the Middle East and Turkey as well as diasporic communities in Europe.
Learning outcomes
Upon completing this course, students are able to: (1) name, describe and critically assess the key concepts and theoretical perspectives in the field of media, conflict and migration; (2) describe and illustrate how visual culture plays a role in shaping attitudes towards a particular group of people or a particular conflict; (3) recognize different models to analyse media-conflict relations and apply them to a case study; (4) acknowledge different perspectives (e.g. by different stakeholders) in approaching the representation of migration, diversity and culture and apply this to a case study.
Syllabus
  • Tuesday, November 27 12.00 - 13.40 16.00 - 17.40 Wednesday, November 28 10.00 - 11.40 14.00 - 15.40 Thursday, November 29 10.00 - 11.40 (1) Cinemas of conflict: Kurdish cinema as a case study Reading: Çiçek, Ö. (2011). The fictive archive: Kurdish filmmaking in Turkey. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media 1: 1-18 (online version: www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue%201/ArticlesPDF/ArticleCicek.pdf) (2) Gender and film reception: an audience and film critics perspective Reading: Ram, A. (2002). Framing the feminine: Diasporic readings of gender in popular Indian cinema. Women’s Studies in Communication 25(1): 25-52 (3) Diaspora and media: concepts and case studies Reading: Budarick, J. (2014). Media and the limits of transnational solidarity: unanswered questions in the relationship between diaspora, communication and community. Global Media and Communication 10(2): 139-153 (4) Filmmaking on the battleground: the cinema of Halil Dag Reading: Koçer, S. (2013). Making transnational publics: circuits of censorship and technologies of publicity in Kurdish media circulation. American Ethnologist 40(4): 721-733 (5) Refugees, representation and visual culture Reading: Wright, T. (2002). Moving images: the media representation of refugees. Visual Studies 17(1): 53-66
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Preliminary test based on the knowledge of papers in the reader (40%) and final test based on the knowledge of the lectures (60%). The knowledge of the essays will be tested before the first lecture.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obligatory 100% attendance (with the exception of distance students who are allowed to miss 1 out of 5 sessions).
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