ARAB 222
Photography in/of the Middle East Fall 2018
Division I Difference, Power, and Equity
Cross-listed ARTH 222
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Since its invention, photography has been globally disseminated and locally inflected, serving diverse documentary and expressive purposes around the world. In the Middle East, the powers and pleasures of the medium have been valued by colonial forces, indigenous populations, photojournalists and artists; the resulting images merit aesthetic and art historical appreciation even as they grant visual access to the hierarchical dynamics operative in individual communities and transcultural contexts. The course will explore photographic practices in different zones of the Middle East–e.g., the Holy Land, Egypt and the Persian sphere–by attending to individual photographers and case studies. This tightly focused approach will support, in turn, a consideration of the formative impact of visual representations in particular circumstances–what work do photographs do? Who resists and who benefits? The general goal will be to appreciate diverse styles and perspectives that underlie renderings of the Middle East.
The Class: Format: lecture/discussion meeting twice a week
Limit: 20
Expected: 15-20
Class#: 1006
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: midterm, final, GLOW Posts and term project
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: majors and area studies concentrators
Distributions: Division I Difference, Power, and Equity
Notes: meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ARAB
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 222 Division I ARAB 222 Division I

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