Estética dos Media (not translated)
Code
722011006
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria Teresa Cruz
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1)To acquire interdisciplinary concepts and methodology in the fields of media theory and aesthetics;
2)To develop critical thinking on topics related to contemporary culture such as «spectacle»; «entertainment»; «simulacrum»;
3)To identify forms of cultural experience related to the topics of the course.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
I. Aesthetical modernity
I.1. Aesthetical experience and «raison sensible»
I.2. Forms of sensibility and the aesthetical regime
II. The aesthetical apparatus
II.1. Economy, apparatus and mediation
II.2. Media Aesthetics
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II. Techno-Aesthetic
III.1. Modern media: apparatus and perception
III.2. New media and the new artificial sensibility
Bibliography
AGAMBEN, Giorgio, Quest-ce quun dispositif ? Paris, Payot & Rivages, 2007 (Che cos è un dispositivo?, Nottetempo, 2006)
BENJAMIN, Walter, «A obra de arte na era da sua possibilidade de reprodução técnica», in A Modernidade. Obras Escolhidas, vol. 3. Assírio & Alvim, 2006.
DEUTSCH, David, «Virtual Reality», The Fabric of Reality, Penguin Books, 1997, pp. 98-122
KITTLER, Friedrich, Film, Grammophon, Typewriter (Introdução), Stanford University Press, 1999 ( Berlin, Brinkman & Brose, 1986)
MERLEAU-PONTY, M., Phénoménologie de la perception, Paris, Gallimard, 1945
RANCIÈRE, Jacques, Estética e Política. A Partilha do Sensível, Porto, Dafne Editora, cap.1. (Le Partage du Sensible: Esthétique et Politique, Paris, La Fabrique, 2000)
VALÉRY, Paul, «A conquista da ubiquidade», in Revista de Cominicação e Linguagens, Nr. 34, 2005, pp. 313-315. («La conquête de lubiquité » (1928), in OEuvres, tome II, Pièces sur lart, Nrf,Gallimard, Bibl. de la Pléiade, 1960)
Teaching method
- theoretical exploration of the program through oral presentation
- comment on the main readings of the course
- critical analysis of historical examples within the topics of the program (II.2.)
- incentive to the oral participation of students in class ( discussion of the readings)
Evaluation method
Oral participation in class (50%)
Written test (50%)