MEDIA, MEMORY & VISUAL CULTURE in Fall 2019 (CM1091FB11)

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Course Master: 
TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION (CM1091)
Term: 
Fall 2019
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
CCI
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Monday, December 16, 2019 - 12:00
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Charles Talcott

Notes

From communications and cultural studies perspectives, students will undertake an exploration of ‘institutions of memory.’ We will trace the historical, cultural and technological evolutions of intensely creative ‘mediated places’ from Paleolithic caves in the South of France to digital archives in the heart of Paris with special focus on museums, monuments and memorials.

Learning Outcomes

  1. understand the role of symbol in the construction and communication of memory and visual culture
  2. acquire awareness of communications and media history and their relationship to the development of personal and social memory
  3. acquire a critical awareness of the social, political and cultural roles and impacts media can have in the social practices of making collective memory
  4. develop an understanding, from media artifacts, select readings, lectures and in-class discussions, of the way in which the history of human mediated communication has been studied, including how the main phases of media emergence and, in particular, how the role of technologies in shaping communication and memory have been theorized;

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 2, 2019
End Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
12:10
13:30
SD-1
Thursday
12:10
13:30
SD-1