Photography, Memory and History

Photography, Memory and History is a Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies tutorial taught by Sandra Matthews.

Course Description
Photography and memory are inextricably intertwined. Photographs give form to the past ? to our own personal histories as well as to national and world events. We will explore the complex ways in which photographs structure our private and public memories: grounding our work first in family photographs, we will then investigate the relationship of photography to history and the concept of "collective memory". Students will read widely, write critically, do archival research and complete visual projects. (This course does not provide access to photography facilities.)

Learning Goals

 * Project-based
 * Presenting
 * Reading
 * Writing