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ARTS 409 - Photography and Politics


Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module
Credits (Range): 2 Hours
Attribute: 2 HU
New course added 05.05.10.

From its invention in 1839, photography was co-opted to serve various ideological and political purposes. This course surveys thematically the relationship between photography and politics, emphasizing the medium’s uses in revolutionary and war contexts, for political propaganda, social protest, and museum institutional critique. The class includes weekly meetings, several mandatory lectures by prominent practitioners and photography scholars, and a screening or two. Students will examine first-hand, research, and write about photographs in the Allen’s collection
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: L. Milkova
Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes


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