Syllabus
COURSE PROGRAM 1. Introduction to the course I
FILM: John Berger Ways of seeing (1972), part 1 2. Introduction to the course II own images & presentations 3. 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) 4 & 5. Photo workshop: interactions in public place 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. 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) 9. The final project - Students living and the housing crisis (a photo-elicitation project)
In-class discussion 10. 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. 11. Methods II: photo-essay
Bourgois, Philippe & Jeff Schonberg (2009) Righteous dopefined. California University Press: chapter 7. 12. Presentation of final projects
Annotation
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.