Course syllabus
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Dear students!
Warmly welcome to the course New Views on Photography and its Histories. Through two semesters, fall 2024 and spring 2025, we will together encounter and explore current research on and with photography. We will meet researchers active as photographers, curators, academics and writers in the expanding field of photography studies. There will be a strong emphasis on artistic research, but the course also includes and embraces research in other fields and disciplines.
Pedagogically the course is based on a belief in the value of a collective learning process, and therefore the structure of the course is a combination of lectures, artist talks and seminars. The readings and assignments for each class is a base for an active engagement in the group discussions in the seminars. It will also prepare you for dialogues with the invited guests.
Please, don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions.
Dates and times, all classes are on zoom:
2024
11 September, 13:00 -15:00
16 October, 10:00-15:00
12 November, 10:00-15:00
11 December, 10:00-15.:00
Niclas Östlind, course manager
PS. The image above is a portrait of my colleague Jyoti Mistry, Professor in Film, when she is reading the catalogue of the exhibition Dear Truth, curated by Doctor Kerstin Hamilton, as a part of her PhD-thesis at HDK-Valand.
Course manager; Niclas Östlind
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