ARAB 222
Photography in/of the Middle East
Fall 2013
Division I
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
ARTH 222
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
Since its inception, photography has been globally disseminated but locally inflected, serving disparate documentary needs and expressive purposes in different cultural contexts. 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 appreciation even as they grant visual access to the past and present in complicated places. The course will explore photographic practices in different zones of the Middle East–e.g., the Holy Land, Egypt or the Persian sphere–by attending to individual photographers and case studies. This tightly focused approach will support, in turn, a consideration of the burdens and risks of representation in particular circumstances–what work do photographs do? Who resists and who benefits? The general goal will be to appreciate the diversity of perspectives that underlie renderings of the Middle East.
The Class:
Format: lecture
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1113
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1113
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
class participation, short papers, term project
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
permission of instructor
Distributions:
Division I
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARAB 222 Division I ARTH 222 Division I
ARAB 222 Division I ARTH 222 Division I
Attributes:
ARTH Middle East, Asia and Africa Courses
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ARAB 222 - 01 (F) LEC Photography in Middle East
ARAB 222 - 01 (F) LEC Photography in Middle EastDivision I Exploring Diversity InitiativeTF 1:10 pm - 2:25 pm
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