ARTH 6015

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ARTH 6015
Photography and the Archive

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

This graduate seminar explores the making of photographic archives, the narratives they tell, and the parameters that define them as objects of study. As visual collections, photographic archives present specific concerns - especially as digital technologies change the way knowledge is classified, stored, retrieved and disseminated. To be sure, differential power relations determine what is collected - what is remembered or forgotten - by societies and institutions. Social and economic histories as well as experiences of race, class, gender and sexuality affect the construction, acquisition and maintenance of archives and their ability to influence knowledge production. Students in this course study archival practices by choosing a unique photographic archive at Cornell for a research project, which may be realized as an exhibition (online or otherwise), a documentary film, or a digital humanities project.


When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6015

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16558 ARTH 6015   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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