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The course is an introduction to visual sociology and visual research methods. It provides students with the basics of visual sociology and visual studies, both in theory and practice. Its aim is also to give students an opportunity to explore the field themselves and gain some practice in working with visual material in social sciences. The course is completed by in-class workshops, students’ own projects and outside classroom activities. Poslední úprava: Dobrovolná Wladyniak Ludmila Maria, M.A., Ph.D. (05.02.2024)
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OBJECTIVES: · to present the basic assumptions and main currents of the subdiscipline · to help to understand the visual culture – offline and online · to let students explore the field themselves · to involve students into the practical exercises and activities · to show the usability of sociological approach outside the academic environment Poslední úprava: Dobrovolná Wladyniak Ludmila Maria, M.A., Ph.D. (05.02.2024)
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REQUIREMENTS & ASSESSMENT • active participation in classes - reading and discussing compulsory literature • final project • attendance - 70% Poslední úprava: Dobrovolná Wladyniak Ludmila Maria, M.A., Ph.D. (05.02.2024)
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COURSE PROGRAM 1. Introduction to the course I FILM: John Berger Ways of seeing (1972), part 1 2 & 3. Photo workshop: interactions in public place 4. History of image and photography Sontag, Susan (2005) ‘On Photography’. New York: Rosetta Books, p. 1-20. Film: The Hand that Touches the Arm (2022) 5. War photography Butler, Judith (2009) Torture and the Ethics of Photography: Thinking with Sontag, in: ‘Frames of War’. New York: Verso, p. 63-101. FILM: The War Photographer (2001) 6 & 7. Visual semiotics & advertising Rose, Gillian (2012) Semiology: laying bare the prejudices. Beneath the smooth surface of the visible, in: 'Visual Metodologies'. Thousand Oaks California: Sage Publications, p. 106-146.\ Film: Helmut Newton: the Bad and the Beautiful (2020) 8. The final project planning and design In-class discussion and work 9. Methods I: photo-elicitation Clark-Ibánez, Marisol (2004) Framing the Social World With Photo-Elicitation Interviews. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 1507-1527. 10. Methods II: photo-essay Bourgois, Philippe & Jeff Schonberg (2009) Righteous dopefined. California University Press: chapter 7. 11. Presentation of final projects Poslední úprava: Dobrovolná Wladyniak Ludmila Maria, M.A., Ph.D. (24.03.2025)
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Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=9483 Poslední úprava: Dobrovolná Wladyniak Ludmila Maria, M.A., Ph.D. (05.02.2024)
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