COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTZ 2002 THEORIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Photography

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PINAR BOZTEPE MUTLU

Offered to

Photography

Course Objective

This course aims to enable students to interpret contemporary visual culture with philosophical depth by connecting the fundamental concepts of aesthetics and the philosophy of photography with current artistic strategies. Concepts such as new media, artificial intelligence images, ethical-political aesthetics, memory and archive are discussed together with their historical roots.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to define the Theory of Photography
2   Be able to determine the scope of the Theory of Photography
3   Get to know about the classical texts of the Theory of Photography
4   Philosophical discussions of concepts such as perception, truth, archives, and ethics
5   Evaluate the information he/she gathered with regards to the Theory of Photography in a critical way

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: What is the Expanding Field of Aesthetics and Photography Course Structure and Resources
2 Aesthetics in the context of modernism & postmodernism John Berger Ways of Seeing: The ideology of the visual
3 Image and reality: The perceptual structure of photography Roland Barthes Camera Lucida: Punctum, Studium
4 "Form," "surface," and "space" in photography and art Hito Steyerl In Defense of the Poor Image
5 Photography and surveillance culture
6 Geoffrey Batchen and Photography Theory
7 Photography and identity: gender, race, the other, Georges Didi-Huberman
8 Image in the digital age: Filters, artificial visuality
9 The crisis of representation: truth and fiction in the visual Susan Sontag's life and works
10 Midterm exam
11 Photography and algorithmic aesthetics: Manovich, Ritchin, Baudrillard
12 General evaluation & visual analysis assignment presentations
13 Zeynep Sayın:Image, void, and silence Zeynep Sayın: Çizginin Boşluğu ve Imgenin Pornografisi
14 Post-photographic image (Fontcuberta, Ritchin)

Recomended or Required Reading


Main source:

- Roland Barthes, "Camera Lucida," Altıkırkbeş, 1992
- Geoffrey Batchen (ed.), "Photography Degree Zero," MIT, 2011
- Walter Benjamin, "Pasajlar," YKY, 2008
- Walter Benjamin, "A Brief History of Photography," YGS, 2002
- Gisele Freund, "Photography and Society," Sel Publishing, 2007
- Fred Ritchin The Synthetic Eye
-Zeynep Sayın Imgenin Pornografisi, Ölüm Terbiyesi, Çizginin Boşluğu
- Lev Manovich Cultural Analytics
- David Levi Strauss Photography and Belief
- Joan Fontcuberta The Post-Photographic Condition
- Hito Steyerl In Defense of the Poor Image
- Susan Sontag, "On Photography," Altıkırkbeş, 1993
-Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others
Supporting resources: Websites, photo albums
Other course materials: Related visual materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

This course will require students interested in art theory, photography, and media art to ground their visual productions critically, philosophically, and ethically. The aim is to provide a strong intellectual foundation in both theoretical and practical production areas.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Class participation is mandatory. Attendance at homework presentations and analyses is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pinar.boztepe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday:08:30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 4 1 4
Preparation for final exam 5 2 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

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