2009 Course Handbook
CUL101: Seeing Culture: Vision, Visuality and The Senses
Visual culture brings together a range of theories, practices and texts that explore the relationship between vision, visuality and the way people experience the world around them. This unit introduces students to a variety of critical concepts which can be used in the analysis of visual imagery and media, including film, television, photography and Information Technology -- an increasingly important skill in an age characterised by the 'tendency to picture or visualise existence' (Mirzoeff, 1998: 6). The unit examines the ways visual culture shapes (and is shaped by) our social worlds, our bodies and identities, focussing on the visual with respect to normalising practices, contemporary global politics and changing technologies. Finally, the visual is placed within the context of cultural analyses dealing with 'the senses', or what is now known as sensory cultural studies.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (On Campus session: No session) X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: No session) |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Anthony Lambert |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Media, Music and Cultural Studies |
Timetable Information
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