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

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