ENGL 376(F) Documentary Technologies
This course will investigate the paradoxical ways new media technologies are used to ground notions of the real in contemporary culture. Through a series of readings and workshops we will explore the ways that different documentary modes (such as digital photography, news footage, medical imaging, and home video) inflect our understanding and narration of the world. Topics include: media recycling and culture jamming; the loss of referentiality; changing thresholds of evidence; and strategies for responding to the global media archive. Experience with photography, film history, or web design is helpful, but not necessary.
Format: discussion/seminar. Requirements: exercises in recording and manipulating sound and images; two short writing assignments; and the creation of two audio documentaries.
Prerequisite: a 100-level English course, except 150, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limit: 19 (expected: 19). Preference to English majors.
(Post-1900)
Hour: ROSENHEIM