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INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT IN THE HUMANITIES (L93)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)

L93 IPH 175Freshman Seminar: Seeing is Believing: Visuality, Power, and Truth3.0 Units
Description:How does seeing work? Does the process of seeing begin with light bouncing off of objects and into our eyes - or when we ascertain what we are looking at? Visual interactions are far from neutral perceptions of objective truth, as they always involve interpretation of the world. Yet visual representations are one of the most common ways that we classify and understand the world around us. This course considers seeing as it affects social, spiritual, and political life: from religious practices of iconic representation and iconoclasm (and the politics these practices engender), to the technological practices of reproduction in creating "realistic" forgeries, to the ways that visuality can be a technology of power. This freshman seminar considers examples from across a wide range of times and places. We begin by exploring visuality, representation, art, and the ways that these produce meaning. We then move to examining several premodern and contemporary visual practices of major religions, considering how practices and ideologies of the visual vary dramatically across space and time. Next, we explore the relationship of changing technologies to notions of reality and authenticity. We then consider how techniques of visuality can be used for domination, particularly in contexts of economic and racial inequality. Finally, we examine the ways in which people use visual codes to define themselves through clothes, hair, and other visible signs of identity. Throughout, students will use the tools of art history, anthropology, and religious studies to gain a greater critical understanding of the practices, ideologies, and histories through which seeing meaningfully emerges across space and time.
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Course Type:HomeSame As:L61 1751  L97 1750Frequency:None / History
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