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.
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.
Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course
Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course
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
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.
Ricevimento: DAFIST, Balbi 6, 3rd Floor: Tuesday, 11-13
FRANCESCO CASSATA (President)
FABIANO NINO QUAGLIAROLI
CHIARA VANGELISTA
February 12, 2018
HISTORY AND IMAGES (LM)
Oral exam
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.
