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ECTS Points: 5
Language requirements / Sprachanforderungen: min. English B2, Deutsch A1
Capital of Cool, City of Tolerance and (affordable) Hub of Creativity – Berlin’s image is a very alluring one. The images of Berlin circulating in all kinds of media are just as interesting, but also surprisingly diversified. If this is true for contemporary Berlin it proves to be so even more in regard of its 20th century history: historic moments like the fall of the Berlin Wall are always also represented in images. But what does those images actually tell us? What do they mean and what do they want us to see?
Not just since the so called Iconic Turn academic research is highlighting the human urge for images and visualizations in its diverse variations. This seminar focuses on the double meaning of image as picture with a certain imaginative power (e.g. symbols, iconic images) and image as reputation. This double meaning reveals itself quite obviously in the context of the city, in this case: Berlin. The image(s) of Berlin is/are an interconnected mixture of past, present and hoped for future.
This seminar looks closer on some of these visualities – ranging from iconic photographs to music video clips to official marketing campaigns – and reflects their symbolic meaning and varying interpretations, their impact on Berlin's self-concept, identity, on its cultural scene and even on its economic value. To do so some basic concepts developed in the context of the Visual Culture Studies, with aspects of Art History, Film Studies, Metropolitan Studies, Tourism Studies and Social Science, are introduced.
The seminar aims to be an exercise in Visual Literacy (VL), enabling students to better understand, interpret and use images in their everyday life. Various methods, tools and strategies from VL are implemented, exercised and evaluated throughout the sessions.
To link content and form participants are asked to do a Visual Study Journal, documenting their learning aims, developments and achievements throughout the whole semester in a visual way. The educational concept of a Study Journal will be issued in class; no previous knowledge is required. At the end of the seminar this Visual Study Journal will be presented in a student organized exhibition. |
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Please note:
NO registration via Agnes.
ONLY online application via Berlin Perspectives (7 March - 7 April 2019):
BP application (hu.berlin/bp-application)
You will find the detailed syllabus for this course on the Berlin Perspectives Website:
hu.berlin/bp-courses
This seminar carries 5 ECTS.
For international incoming students and HU students.
Language requirements English B2 minimum. |
