Sumários
Guidelines for the Research Project
13 Março 2025, 15:30 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta
Samples of students’ research projects.
The Documentary Debate: Aesthetic or Anaesthetic?
11 Março 2025, 15:30 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta
— The relationship between photographer and the suffering subject.
— Discussion of David Levi Strauss’ “The Documentary Debate: Aesthetic or Anaesthetic?” and Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others.
— Analyses of the aestheticization of suffering in Sebastião Salgado and Steve McCurry’s work.
Photography
11 Março 2025, 11:00 • Marzia D'Amico
Drawing on the perspectives of theorists such as Roland Barthes, John Berger, Vilém Flusser, and Riccardo Falcinelli, this lecture examined how photography constructs perception and shapes our understanding of reality. Specifically, we explored how photography is anchored in an idea of objectivity, which, in fact, is a mere illusion (Framing and Composition). We interpreted how the photographic medium itself is not neutral (referencing McLuhan's notion of "the medium is the message") and investigated the emotional and cultural responses to the use of colour(s) (Meaning Making).