CODE 84399 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-37) - 6 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-38) - 6 cfu anno 1 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-38) - 9 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE STORICHE 9917 (LM-84) - 6 cfu anno 1 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-37) - 9 cfu anno 1 STORIA DELL'ARTE E VALORIZZAZ. PATRIMONIO ARTISTICO 8467 (LM-89) - 9 cfu anno 1 LETTERATURE MODERNE E SPETTACOLO 9918 (LM-14) - 9 cfu anno 2 DESIGN DEL PRODOTTO E DELL'EVENTO 9007 (LM-12) - 9 cfu anno 1 DESIGN DEL PRODOTTO E DELL'EVENTO 9007 (LM-12) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-STO/04 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester OVERVIEW The course presents (through an approach based on cultural history and on media and visual studies) the historiographic relevance of visual documents and their connection with the process of construction of collective representations and collective imaginary in contemporary societies. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course presents (through an approach based on cultural history and on media and visual studies) visual events as an exchange between the observer and the observed, an exchange which brings about some practices that transform the power of images and vision into experiences: interpretation, fruition, reception, consumption. In this perspective, the course focuses on the historiographic relevance of visual texts, and on their inevitable connection with the process of construction of collective representations in contemporary societies. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course The course presents (through an approach based on cultural history and on media and visual studies) the historiographic relevance of visual documents and their connection with the process of construction of collective representations and collective imaginary in contemporary societies. Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course The course presents (through an approach based on cultural history and on media and visual studies) the historiographic relevance of visual documents and their connection with the process of construction of collective representations and collective imaginary in contemporary societies. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Essential reading for 6 credits P. Burke, Testimoni oculari. Il significato storico delle immagini, Roma, Carocci, 2002 A. Pinotti, A. Somaini, Cultura visuale. Immagini, sguardi, media, dispositivi, Torino, Einaudi, 2016 In addition for students not attending the lectures: 2 papers from those uploaded in Aulaweb Essential reading for 9 credits P. Burke, Testimoni oculari. Il significato storico delle immagini, Roma, Carocci, 2002 A. Pinotti, A. Somaini, Cultura visuale. Immagini, sguardi, media, dispositivi, Torino, Einaudi, 2016 One monograph chosen from the list below: T. M. Di Blasio, Cinema e Storia. Interferenze/Confluenze, Roma, Viella, 2014 C. Ginzburg, Paura, reverenza, terrore, Milano, Adelphi, 2015 D. Forgacs, Margini d'Italia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015 J. Meda, Falce e fumetto: storia della stampa periodica socialista e comunista per l’infanzia in Italia (1893-1965), Firenze, Nerbini, 2013. F. Della Pria, Dittature e immagine. Mussolini e Hitler nei cinegiornali, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2012. A. Mignemi, Lo sguardo e l'immagine, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2003 A. Minuz, La Shoah e la cultura visuale, Roma, Bulzoni, 2010 M. Casey, La seconda vita del Che. Storia di un'icona contemporanea, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2010. In addition for students not attending the lectures: 2 papers from those uploaded in Aulaweb TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD FRANCESCO CASSATA Ricevimento: DAFIST, Balbi 6, 3rd Floor: Tuesday, 11-13 Exam Board FRANCESCO CASSATA (President) FABIANO NINO QUAGLIAROLI CHIARA VANGELISTA LESSONS LESSONS START February 12, 2018 Class schedule HISTORY AND IMAGES (LM) EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam ASSESSMENT METHODS Oral exam. The exam is given by the professor. The commission assesses students' success in learning, their knowledge of contents, their ability to answer promptly and accurately, and their ability to make connections between topics. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 17/01/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 07/02/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 21/05/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 13/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 27/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 11/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 12/09/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale