Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

History of the Image

Code

711011022

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Ciências da Comunicação

Credits

6

Weekly hours

4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

Bibliography

WARNER, Marina (2006) Phantasmagoria. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press.
GRAU, Oliver (2003) Virtual Art, From Illusion to Immersion. Cambridge, Massachussets, The MIT Press.
BATCHEN, Geoffrey, Burning with desire: the conception of photography, London/Massachussets, The MIT Press, 1997.
CLARKE, Graham (1997) The Photograph. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
KRACAUER, Sigfried (1936), The Mass Ornament and Other Weimar Essays. Cambridge, Massachussts, London: Harvard University Press, 1995.

Teaching method

Exposition by the teacher, commenting and depcting the main topics of the syllabu, showing the most possible of imagens and short documentaries, inviting participation from students.

Evaluation method

Assistance to the classes;
A written paper with no more than 8000 words;
Presencial evaluation, which consists of a short essay upon a theme of the syllabus chosen by
the teacher.

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