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27276 - Laboratory (1) (G.B)

Academic Year 2022/2023

                
                        Docente:
                        Giorgia Aiello
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Communication Sciences (cod. 8885)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Course contents

The visual analysis lab focuses on the cultural meaning and social function of images and the visual more broadly in the contemporary age, while also offering practical instruments for the development of original case studies.

The lab will be centred on the acquisition of methodological instruments for textual, digital, archival, and field-based visual communication research. The lab will also introduce students to up-to-date readings and examples, presentations by experts, and hands-on research assignments.

Through this class students will gain the ability to apply theoretical concepts and methodological skills to the development of three small-scale visual analysis projects focusing on the media, the internet, and the city, respectively.

Readings/Bibliography

Learning materials (lecture slides, chapters and journal articles, and other relevant readings) will be available on the course page on virtuale.unibo.it.

In addition, students will be required to write a review of a book chosen from a list that will be shared at the beginning of class.

This teaching program may be changed up until the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminar discussions, hands-on assignments (both individually and in groups) related to the topics and examples introduced in class.

Assessment methods

1) Stesura di una recensione critica (circa 2000 parole) di un libro su un aspetto specifico della comunicazione visiva, da scegliere da una lista preparata dalla docente;

2) Completion of three original mini-projects analyzing visual communication in the media, on the internet and in urban space, respectively. These assignments will be directly linked to the hands-on research introduced over the course of the lab.

3) A final presentation and Q&A of the original case studies developed through the three mini-projects, to be carried out during the last week of class.

Teaching tools

Lecture slides and all other class-related materials will be made available to students through the virtuale.unibo.it portal.

Office hours

See the website of Giorgia Aiello