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240540 VU MM4 Historical image source research as part of visual anthropology (2025S)

the "iconic turn" and its consequences

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
Tu 04.03. 15:00-16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 11.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 18.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 25.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 01.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 08.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 29.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 06.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 13.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 20.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 27.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 03.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 10.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 17.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 24.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Historical image source research as part of visual anthropology is of central importance in a world that is exposed to a permanent overstimulation of images. How has this developed step by step? Which media have played a role in the past and which are still important today? Within visual anthropology, too, there are various branches that deal with different sub-apertures of the subject. Starting from the historical development of image research in our subject (which in part differs significantly from that in art history), the seminar will focus on its significance for the present and in particular on the popular cultural dimension of image research. The goal is that at the end of the seminar students will have a different, more critical and differentiated view of images than before. The main theories about image interpretation will be discussed as well as the impact of images, the associated interpretive sovereignties and what images can (and should) trigger. Furthermore, the importance of image research for the treatment of current topics will be illuminated.

Assessment and permitted materials

1.) Active participation in the seminar;
2.) Presentation and discussion of an object in the context of a short paper;
3.) Submission of a written seminar paper of approx. 8-15 A4 pages.
Details on these three requirements will be given in the seminar.
Allowed tools: all (open book)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Prerequisite for a positive grade is a successful short presentation with the presentation, reflection and interpretation of an image/picture, as well as the written elaboration and processing of this image/picture, whereby both a theoretical embedding and reference to methodological approaches must be mentioned.
The evaluation is based on a point system: 16 points are awarded. 0-8 points = insufficient; 9-10 points = sufficient; 11-12 points = satisfactory; 13-14 points = good; 15-16 points = very good.

Examination topics

Presentations will be given in the seminar. In the course of their reflection and criticism in the plenum, hints for the written elaboration are given, which are topic-related in each case.
On the moodle platform set up for this lecture, pdf's of articles will be made available, as well as the slides of the Power-Point presentations used.

Reading list

Barthes, Roland (1990): Rhetorik des Bildes. In: ders.: Der entgegenkommende und der stumpfe Sinn. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, S. 28-46.
Belting, Hans (1990): Bild und Kult. Eine Geschichte des Bildes vor dem Zeitalter der Kunst. München: Beck.
Mitchell, W. J. T. (2008): Das Leben der Bilder. Eine Theorie der visuellen Kultur. München: Beck.
Burke, Peter (2010): Augenzeugenschaft. Bilder als historische Quellen. Berlin: Klaus Wagenbach.
Panofsky, Erwin (1975): Sinn und Deutung in der bildenden Kunst. Köln: DuMont.
Warburg, Aby (2000): Gesammelte Schriften. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Darin: Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne. Hrsg. von Martin Warnke und Claudia Brink. Berlin 2000.

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