City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Open Educational Resources City College of New York 2018 Evidence: Photographic Image, Fact, Document syllabus Ellen Handy CUNY City College How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_oers/25 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact:
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[email protected] Class: Wednesday 2:004:50, NAC 6/316 Office hours (in SH 303-C): Mondays 3:00-5:00 and Wednesdays 5:15-6:16 … and by appointment at other times, if necessary. Timothy O’Sullivan, Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription Rock, N.M., 1873, albumen silver print from glass negative Art 31155, 3EF Evidence: Photographic Image, Fact, Document Course description: This interdisciplinary course investigates the status of photographs as evidence in different contexts. How do photographic images serve as evidence in history, science, journalism, anthropology, politics, advertising and popular culture? Is a picture worth a thousand words? Can photographs lie? Should we believe our eyes? What philosophical, technical, political and practical presumptions are involved in the use of photographs as evidence? When and how is photographic evidence contested? Research projects for this course will involve work with primary sources in New York Public Library Collections. Learning Objectives: