This unit will draw on a wide range of photographic material, including university and museum collections, to examine the pivotal role of photography in recording and shaping our image-culture across diverse global contexts. The unit will engage with key debates to examine the social, cultural, theoretical, historical and art practice contexts of the photograph as an image and as an object. Key theories from Walter Benjamin to Hito Steyerl will be used to interrogate themes of memory, documentary and the real, witnessing, conflict, gender and sexuality, decolonisation, and the digital.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Art History |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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ARHT2662 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Donna Brett, donna.brett@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Donna Brett, donna.brett@sydney.edu.au |