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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:3 / 4.5
Course supervisor:Alnis Stakle
Study type:Part time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Information and Communication Science; Communication Science
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Communication Sciences

Objective

To make a multilateral insight into the history of ideas and understanding of photography, to foster students to think about the role of photography in art, society and different fields of knowledge.
Course title “History of Ideas of Photography” indicates the focus on how photography was understood in different times and cultural contexts, what ideas and opinions photo artists implemented in their works and how respective photography technology aroused ideas and opinions not only in art, but also in philosophy and different fields of science. “History of Ideas of Photography I” will cover the period of time from the invention of media to different manifestations of modernism in photography.

Prerequisites

None.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

To know the most important author photographers, their works and ideas.
To know the most important authors (philosophers, cultural theorists, etc.) and their ideas about photography in a broader cultural and historical context.

Skills

To competently study and analyse texts on the history of ideas of photography and use them to shape own understanding of photography.
To competently get involved in discussions at seminars, be able to formulate, express and analyse ideas.
To know how to recognise a certain photographer or works from a photography movement.
To critically evaluate popular culture photographs.

Competence

To find one’s way around the most important aspects of understanding photography.
To find one’s way around the most important personalities of author photography and their works.
To be able to critically evaluate different photographs (author photographs, advertising photographs, etc.).

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Photography, FO 2Bachelor’sRequired