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History of Photography in Latvia
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:19
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_263 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Alnis Stakle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | None. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To familiarise students with the history of photography in Latvia – events, personalities and institutions from the second half of the 19th century to the present day, devoting principal attention to the specifics of development of photography in the 20th century in the context of socio-political and cultural events. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory lecture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Short insight into technological, cultural and historical preconditions of the 19th century for the development of photography in Latvia. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Discussions on the history of photography in Latvia, presentations of creative and research projects. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Overview of sources. History and theory of photography in Latvia, photo magazines, research and publicistic writing. Photography at the end of the 19th century/the beginning of the 20th century. Ethnographic photo, elegant portraits. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Institutional and professional origins of photography in Latvia, photographic societies. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | The first brightest photographers J. Rieksts, M. Lapiņš, R. Johansons, V. Rīdzenieks. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory lecture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Short insight into technological, cultural and historical preconditions of the 19th century for the development of photography in Latvia. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Discussions on the history of photography in Latvia, presentations of creative and research projects. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Overview of sources. History and theory of photography in Latvia, photo magazines, research and publicistic writing. Photography at the end of the 19th century/the beginning of the 20th century. Ethnographic photo, elegant portraits. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Institutional and professional origins of photography in Latvia, photographic societies. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | The first brightest photographers J. Rieksts, M. Lapiņš, R. Johansons, V. Rīdzenieks. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To approbate the knowledge obtained during lectures and seminars, to be able to critically analyse the literature related to the history of an image and express own opinion, to write literary summaries and the final essay. Work on individual and group reports, reviews of exhibitions and photographs. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation in lectures and seminars, reports, reviews and other works submitted and passes on a regular basis. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students know the most important author photographers, their works and ideas. Know the most important authors (philosophers, cultural theorists, etc.) and their ideas about photography in a broader cultural and historical context. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to autonomously study and analyse texts on the history of ideas of photography and use them to shape own understanding of photography. Able to evaluate and critically discuss the history of photography and images from different periods of time. Able to recognise a certain photographer or works from a photography movement. Able to critically evaluate popular culture photographs. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students find their way around the most important aspects of understanding photography. Find their way around the most important personalities of author photography and their works. Demonstrate competence of high level, critically evaluate different photographs (author photographs, photojournalism, commercial photography, etc.). | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Private: Latvijas mūsdienu fotogrāfijas izstāde. Rīga: Uksus, 2008. | ||||||||
| 2 | Slava, Laima (sast.). Uldis Briedis. Laika mednieks. Rīga: Neputns, 2010. | ||||||||
| 3 | Latvijas fotogrāfijas gadagrāmata. Rīga: Kultkom. 2011 - 2019 | ||||||||
| 4 | Vason, Manuel & Evans, David, Double Exposures : Performance as Photography, Photography as Performance, Intellect Books Ltd, 2015 | ||||||||
| 5 | Dupouy Alexandre, Erotic Art Photography, Parkstone International, 2015 | ||||||||
| 6 | Benjamin Walter & Leslie Esther, On Photography, Reaktion Books Limited, 2015 | ||||||||
| 7 | Smith Lindsay , Lewis Carroll : Photography on the Move, Reaktion Books Limited, 2016 | ||||||||
| 8 | Carter Christopher & Lucaites John Louis, Rhetorical Exposures : Confrontation and Contradiction in US Social Documentary Photography, University of Alabama Press, 2015 | ||||||||
| 9 | Van Alphen Ernst, Staging the Archive : Art and Photography in the Age of New Media, Reaktion Books Limited, 2015 | ||||||||
| 10 | Rose Gillian & Boyle Mark, Doing Family Photography : The Domestic, the Public and the Politics of Sentiment, Routledge 2016 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | I. Jefrey. Photography. A Concise History. – Themes and Hudson, 1996. | ||||||||
| 2 | Rolāns Barts. Camera Lucida. Piezīme par fotogrāfiju. Rīga: LMC, 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | Valters Benjamins. Iluminācijas. Rīga: LMC, 2005. | ||||||||
| 4 | Sūzena Sontāga. Par fotogrāfiju. Rīga: LMC, 2005. | ||||||||
| 5 | Moriss Merlo Pontī. Acs un gars. Rīga: LMC, 2007. | ||||||||
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