B5739 - Progettare il curricolo e la didattica di Storia dell'Arte - Modulo 1

Learning outcomes

How to identify the role of technology, with particular focus on photography, in the context of contemporary art.


How to innovate the teaching of contemporary art history in schools through multidisciplinary approaches and according to innovative perspectives of study and research.

Course contents

The contents of the course, will focus on the identity and role of photography in contemporary art. In particular, the following dimensions of photographic theory and practice will be explored in depth during the lectures:
- TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS


- IDENTITY AND GENDER


- FORMS AND FUNCTIONS


- CONTEXTS AND SPACES


- SOCIOCULTURAL PARADIGMS

Readings/Bibliography

1. Graham Clarke, The Photograph. A Visual and Cultural History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997).

2. F. Muzzarelli, Il corpo e l'azione. Donne e fotografia tra 800 e 900, 2007 (disponibile sui materiali elearning)

3. C. Marra, Fotografia e arti visive, Carocci, Roma 2014

4. Alessandra Mauro (edited by), Photoshow. Landmark exhibitions that defined the history of photography (Roma: Contrasto, 2014).

5. Claire Raymond, Women Photographers and Feminist Aesthetics, Routledge, New York 2017

6. Alessandra Mauro (edited by), Photoshow. Landmark exhibitions that define

7.  F. Muzzarelli, Fotografia e femminismo tra 800 e 900. Album, diari e scrapbook, Pearson, Milano 2024.

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lecture, discussions, rehearsal of elaboration of topics covered, methodological comparisons

Assessment methods

Lectures will be both face-to-face and seminar-based, especially on the documents that will be presented during the course

Teaching tools

Slide projections, video projections, uploading materials to virtual platform

Office hours

See the website of Federica Muzzarelli