Semiotics and Photography
| Title | Σημειωτική και φωτογραφία / Semiotics and Photography |
| Code | ΕΜ-13 |
| Interdepartmental Programme | Semiotics, Culture and Communication |
| Collaborating Schools | French Language and Literature Italian Language and Literature Journalism and Mass Communications Architecture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600014996 |
Programme of Study: Semiotics, Culture and Communication
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600141772
|
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600141772
- At the Website of the School: http://dpms-semiotics.frl.auth.gr/courses-menu-gr
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- ΥΜ-1 Semiotic and Cultural Theories
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
If the illiterate of the future is the one who cannot handle the camera as Moholy Nagy wrote in the interwar, today we would say he is the one who cannot read the photographic images. Child of nature (light) and culture (writing), photo-graphy is a double index, the creator and the reality; the objective event and the subjective imagination. Document or art, commercial or political marketing, a window in the world or a mirror of ourselves (selfies), in any case, photography is a semiotic matrix that makes sense. Τhe course will discuss the conditions and the scope of this meaning through the history of the medium. More specifically, we will examine:
- the picture as icon, index, symbol, denotation, connotation, studium, punctum
- photography’s semiotic difference from other images (drawing,painting, cinema)
- photography as an anatomy of society (by Walker Evansand beyond)
- the discourse of photography
- the applied photo: advertising, politics, print and electronicpress, social media
- the meaningful shift brought about by the digital revolution in the traditional function of photography as a trace of reality.
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
In the courseit will be used the elearning platform and audiovisual material.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 26 | ✓ | |||
| Laboratory Work | 9 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 120 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 195 |
Student Assessment
Description
The course includes presentation of a research and a Written Assignment in the end of the semester.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Barthes, R. (2007). Μυθολογίες. Μάθημα (μτφρ. Γ. Κρητικός). Αθήνα: Κέδρος.
Barthes, R. (1983). Ο φωτεινός θάλαμος. Σημειώσεις για τη φωτογραφία. Αθήνα: Κέδρος.
Barthes, R. (2007). Εικόνα-Μουσική-Κείμενο (μτφρ. Γ. Σπανός). Αθήνα: Πλέθρον.
Black, M. (1972). ''How do pictures represent?'' In M. Mandelbaum (ed.), Art, perception, and reality. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Dondero, M. G.& Pierluigi, B. (2011). Sémiotique de la photographie. Limoges: Presses Universitaires de Limoges.
Espe, H. (1983). “Realism and some semiotic functions of photographs. In T. Borbé (ed.), Semiotics unfolding. Proceedings of the second congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, vol. III. Berlin: Mouton, 1435–1442.
Hall, S. (1981 [1974]). “The determination of news photographs”. In S. Cohen & J. Young (Eds.), The manufacture of news London: Constable, 147–156.
Κόντος, Ν. (2014). Αναζητώντας το νήμα της ερμηνείας. Για τη ρητορική και σημειωτική του μαζικού πολιτισμού. Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press.
Kress, G. & Van Leeuwen, T. (2010 [1996]). Η ανάγνωση των εικόνων. Η γραμματική του οπτικού σχεδιασμού (επιμ. Φ. Παπαδημητρίου). Θεσσαλονίκη: Επίκεντρο.
Πασχαλίδης, Γ. (2012). Τα νοήματα της φωτογραφίας. Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press.
Sonesson, G. (1989). Semiotics of Photography - On tracing the index. Report 4 from the Project “Pictorial meanings in the society of information, http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/Sonesson-Semiotics_of_Photography.pdf
Sonesson, G. (2015). Semiotics of Photography: The State of the Art. In P. P. T Trifonas (ed.), International Handbook of Semiotics. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, 417-483.
Last Update
03-04-2019
