Universität Wien

080078 PS Fallstudie II/III: Photography in and beyond Ottoman Lands (isl.K.) (2020S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Courses will not be conducted in the premises of the University of Vienna, but in the form of home learning via Moodle.

  • Donnerstag 05.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 19.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 26.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 02.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 23.04. 10:15 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 30.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 07.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 14.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 28.05. 10:15 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 04.06. 10:15 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 18.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Donnerstag 25.06. 10:15 - 12:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The aim of this course is to equip students with skills for visual analysis and interpretation, while introducing them to complexities of photographic production and circulation in and beyond Ottoman lands. This course will examine how and why this nineteenth-century technology and mode of representation was exploited in different parts of the Ottoman Empire. It will focus on aesthetics and politics of photographs and their reproductions and utilization in postcards, paintings, and print media. It will further explore the service of photography to imperial endeavors, colonial surveillance, Orientalist fantasies, curious travelers, and enthusiastic artists, with comparative materials from North Africa, Iran, and India.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

In this course, students will present selected readings and lead discussions in class. Before submitting their final research paper, they will make a short presentation about their preliminary work.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Critical approach to sources, basic terminological knowledge, and awareness of comparative literature.

Prüfungsstoff

Participation in class discussions and a well-researched paper.

Literatur

Markus Ritter and Staci G. Scheiwiller, eds. The Indigenous Lens? Early Photography in the Near and Middle East (Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2018).

Zeynep Çelik and Edhem Eldem, eds. Camera Ottomana: Photography and Modernity in the Ottoman Empire, 1840–1914 (Istanbul: Koç University Press, 2015).

Ali Behdad and Luke Gartlan, eds. Photography’s Orientalism: New Essays on Colonial Representation (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2013).

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:20