VSA2440

Camera-Culture: From Analogue to Digital Representation (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Anne Marsh

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Upon successful completion of this subject students will have developed: 1. A broad knowledge of the multi-disciplinary nature of photography. 2. Critical skills that enable them to analyse a broad range of photographic texts and contexts. 3. An understanding of the critical and theoretical debates related to photography in society. 4. An understanding of two different modes of reproduction: the analogue and the digital. 5. An understanding of the ways in which technologies of reproduction change modes of representation.

Assessment: Essay (2250 words): 50% + Internet project (equivalent 2250 words): 50%

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in Visual Culture, Cultural Studies or a related discipline

Prohibitions: VSA3440, CLS2440, CLS3440