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3 Outubro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

The centrality of vision (occularcentrism) in the production of meaning in contemporary culture. Global image production and consumption.  The critical potentialities of images (the different readings that an image may imply). Visual representation as an act of political resistance: the case of the resignifying of national flags.

Reading assignments:

•Haakenson, Thomas O. “The Refugee Affect: Ai Weiwei in Berlin.” EuropeNow.  April 4, 2019. https://www.europenowjournal.org/2019/04/04/refugees-and-refusals-ai-weiwei-and-his-art-residency-in-berlin/ •Sturken, Marita, and Lisa Cartwright. 2009 [2001]. Practices of Looking:  An Introduction to Visual Culture. 2nd ed. New York: OUP. Chapter 1: “Images, Power and Politics”.