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Seeing Culture: Politics of Visual Representation

Undergraduate | MAQ-MECX121 | 2019

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Eye off ways in which visual culture influences and is influenced by the way everyday people act. Look for examples of visual representation across all types of media. Tackle technology and film ethics. Highlight issues of race, gender and class.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
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Seeing Culture: Politics of Visual Representation

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students have developed the following skills:

    1. Memorise basic aspects (contemporary and historical) of visual cultural studies and be able to apply them through a variety of activities and analyses.

    2. Explain the politicised aspects of visual texts and Cultural Studies approaches to both their production and content (as discourses, texts, lived realities).

    3. Critically review, analyse and synthesise findings.

    4. Present work in a manner conforming to accepted academic standards. 

    5. Appraise issues and debates specific to Cultural Studies practice and its associated philosophical and political underpinnings. 

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-CLT120 (Not currently available)

Others

If you have no prior university experience, you should complete BAR100 Academic Learning Skills or COM10006 Academic Literacies: Learning and Communication Practice before starting this subject.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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