CHID 390 A: Colloquium in the History of Ideas

INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE (AH, SSC) ____ WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEEING THE WORLD AND VISUALIZING IT WHAT ROLE HAVE PRINT, PHOTOGRAPHY, OR THE INTERNET PLAYED IN THE HISTORY AND CIRCULATION OF IMAGES? HOW DO IMAGES SHAPE IDENTITY THROUG ART, PHOTOJOURNALISM, OR ADVERTISING? WHY DO SOME IMAGES ENRAGE AND OFFEND, WHILE OTHERS ARE VENERATED AND WORSHIPPED? ENCOMPASSING THREE APPROACHES (THEORY, HISTORY, CULTURE) TO THE STUDY OF IMAGES, AND THROUGH CROSS- CULTURAL COMPARISON, THIS COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO VISUAL CULTURE OR TO THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE MAKE IMAGES, ENCOUNTER THEM IN EVERYDAY LIFE, UNDERSTAND THEM, AND USE THEM TO MAKE SENSE OF THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM.