Art and Technology - 1st semester

Code

73217152

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Ciências da Comunicação

Credits

10

Teacher in charge

Jorge Martins Rosa

Weekly hours

2

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Prerequisites

Subject matter

Bibliography

Benjamin, Walter. «Der Autor als Produzent», 1934, trad. Port. in Sobre Arte, Técnica, Linguagem e Política, Lisboa: Relógio d’Água, 1992, pp. 137-156.
Bolter, Jay David e Grusin, Richard. Remediation: Understanding New Media, Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 1999.
Brecht, Bertolt. «Der Rundfunk als Kommunikationsapparat», 1932, trad. inglesa online in
http://sodacity.net/system/files/
Bertolt_Brecht_The_Radio_as_an_Apparatus_of_Communication.pdf
Hansen, Mark. New Philosophy for New Media, Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 2006.
Hayles, Katherine. My Mother was a Computer: Digital Subjects and Literary Texts, Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2005.

Teaching method

The teaching methodologies aim at the leverage of the critical capacities of the students, mostly in two fundamental dimensions: the discussion of canonical texts (in the proposed bibliography), but also the gathering (by the students) of other texts related to their research interests; and the simulation of contexts of artistic creation or curatorship for each medium to be discussed in the syllabus.

Evaluation method

Attendance and participation: 20%
Elaboration of an artistic or curatorial plan with a descriptive memory and technical specifications: 40%
Elaboration of a written essay (case study) on an issue related to the course, and with an adequate
bibliographical exploration: 40%

Courses

• Artistic Studies - Art and Mediations