Subject 'History of Photography II'

Year:   2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    

basic knowledge of the invention and evolution of the photographic medium in local context;
the history of photography and the formation of Estonian art, journalism and other close disciplines;
systematic knowledge of the role of photography in the history and society of Estonia;
defining the representational, economical, political and ideological limits of photography;
the amalgamation of the disciplinary and interdisciplinary histories of the photographic medium;
finding subject-specific information online and in print;
the study of subject-specific audiovisual material;
keeping up with the subject-specific sources and academic events;
identifying photography's synchronic and diachronic roles in the context of Estonian culture; perceiving the borders of such roles.

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
• know the fundamentals of the technological, historical and aesthetic evolution of the medium in the cultural context of Estonia;
• know the basics of the evolution of the medium in Estonian economico-political context;
• distinguish the medium specific, general artistic and cultural characteristics of the photographic medium;
• analytically research the topics of the local history of photography and place these in the international context;
• write surveys, reviews, summaries and studies on the subject matter

2016: 2271