Since the 1990s, studies of visual culture have defined a series of methodological approaches and tools that are particularly useful to better understand the problem of incessant production and circulation of visual contents in contemporary society. The course requires solid basic knowledge of 20th century history, history of contemporary art and history of cinema and photography.
Analysing and historicising the knowledge of theoretical reflection on the aesthetic, linguistic and philosophical statute of cinematographic images in the framework of a wider 20th century reflection on images and viewing.
Learning the main junctures of the history and theory of contemporary cinema and methodological analyses from the field of visual studies with particular reference to the processes of depiction of contemporary war.
Lectures
First part: cinema in the framework of contemporary digital society and media culture; introduction to the field of visual culture studies.
Second part: the role of media and its depiction of contemporary war events, from 9/11 to the “war on terror”.
LUCA MALAVASI (President)
LIVIA CAVAGLIERI
THEORIES OF IMAGE FILM
