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Expanded knowledge and independent application of art-historical methods on examples referred to in the lecture

The Orientalism debate, as initiated by Edward Said as a critical examination of representations of the Orient in literature, has also occupied historical photography research for some time. In the seminar, a critical view of Orientalist photography will be conveyed by means of image analyses and theoretical texts. Students will learn not only the classical types and topoi of orientalist photography, but also its social and political functions. In addition to analyzing individual images, the production, cultural circulation, and reception of Orientalist photographs will be interrogated

Short presentation, weekly readings (text and pictures), discussions

Interest in the topic, (group) presentation, regular attendance, active participation and weekly readings, seminar paper

Edward W. Said: Orientalismus, Frankfurt a. M. 2009 (English original edition: Orientalism, 1978); Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff et al. (eds.): Weisse Blicke. Gender Myths of Colonialism, Marburg 2004; Reina, Lewis: Gendering Orientalism. Race, Femininity and Representation, London and New York 1996; Ali Behdad and Luke Gartlan (eds.): Photography's Orientalism. New Essays on Colonial Representation, Los Angeles 2013; Jill Beaulieu and Mary Roberts (eds.): Orientalism's Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography, Durham 2002; Eleanor M. Hight and Gary D. Sampson: Colonialist Photography: Imag(in)ing Race and Place, London 2002. A detailed bibliography will be provided at the beginning of the semester

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