| TED Talks
If you're not familiar with TED, check it out. These talks are relevant to the course topics. 2011 TED Prize Winner: JR. Taryn Simon photographs secret sites Thelma Golden: How art gives shape Marian Bantjes: Intricate beauty by design Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats David Bolinsky animates a cell (then go to BioVisions at Harvard) David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen |
Section 601: Online via Blackboard and Centra
Section 001: Face-to-face, Tuesday, 6:30-9:30 pm, Bate 2018
It’s been said that society is becoming increasingly “visual.” What does that mean? For some scholars and theorists, it means a new (or renewed) focus on non-verbal and multi-modal representations of ideas, information, arguments, and identities that challenge the primacy of words and require a broad understanding of literacy. In this special topics course, students will engage with theories and principles of visual discourse. The overarching objective of the course is for students to develop an understanding of visual thinking and communicating and to apply various methods for researching, analyzing, and creating visual and visual/verbal artifacts including, for example, images (photographs, drawings, collage, etc.); information displays (charts, graphs, maps, etc.); moving images (film, television, web-based, presentations, etc); and print and electronic. Students will read and discuss a variety of theoretical perspectives including discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis; rhetorical theory; cultural theory; film theory; aesthetics; and theories of integrative design (for example, relationships between text and image; content and arrangement; page and document; frame and film; and others).
Contact Information
Donna Kain |
Office Hours: Mon: Wed: And by appointment
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