E387M Schedule
Instructor: Lester Faigley
Readings will be added by the class
| Week 1 Aug. 31 |
Introduction Faigley, "Material Literacy and Graphic Design" |
| Week 2 Sept. 5, 7 |
STUFF AND FLUFF Lanham, Economics of Attention, ch. 1 (handout), ch. 2 (from U of Chicago P), ch. 3 (animated version), interview with Lanham Christo and Jeanne-Claude (visit Running Fence, Pont Neuf Wrapped, and Over the River [Works in Progress]) |
| Week 3 Sept. 12 |
TEXT IN MOTION |
| Week 4 Sept. 19, 21 |
1) EMERGENCE OF VISUAL CULTURE (Avital, Patricia) |
| Week 5 Sept. 26, 28 |
2) PRACTICES OF LOOKING (Coye, Eileen, John) Sturken & Cartwright, Practices of Looking, Introduction, ch. 1 Lewis, "Faking It" (handout) "Unwanted person removal" "The Commisar Vanishes" Barthes, "Rhetoric of the Image" |
| Week 6 Oct. 3, 5 |
3) SPECTATORSHIP AND THE GAZE (Amanda, Avital, Brian) Sturken & Cartwright, Practices of Looking, ch. 2, 3 Mirzoeff, Intro to Visual Culture, ch. 5 CENTCOM Leaflet Gallery |
| Week 7 Oct. 10, 12 |
4) REPRODUCTION (Amanda, John, Patricia) |
| Week 8 Oct. 17, 19 |
5) CONSUMER CULTURE (Brian, Coye, Eileen) Sturken & Cartwright, Practices of Looking, ch. 5, 6 Mirzoeff, Intro to Visual Culture, ch. 6 "The Role of Race in Fashion" |
| Week 9 Oct. 24, 26 |
Project proposals due 6) PARODY AND PASTICHE (Coye) Sturken & Cartwright, Practices of Looking, ch. 7 Project Proposals due 7) SCIENTIFIC LOOKING (Brian, Eileen, John) Sturken & Cartwright, Practices of Looking, ch. 8 "The Born Criminal" NASA (links off main page and Multimedia) Molecular Expressions (click on the first link, Secret Worlds: The Universe Within) |
| Week 10 Oct. 31 Nov. 2 |
8) GLOBAL VISUAL CULTURE (Avital, Patricia) |
| Week 11 Nov. 7, 9 |
9) TEACHING VISUAL RHETORIC (Amanda) |
| Week 12 Nov. 14, 16 |
Workshop on projects |
| Week 13 Nov. 21 |
Conferences |
| Week 14 Nov. 28, 30 |
Presentation of course projects Nov. 28 Coye, John Nov. 30 Amanda, Eileen |
| Week 15 Dec. 5, 7 |
Presentation of course projects |
