Узнавать что-то новое на пляже, на каникулах и в отпуске? Coursera предлагает в августе прослушать онлайн-курс The Camera Never Lies, посвященный визуальной истории двадцатого века. В рамках курса будут рассмотрены следующие вопросы: медиа как исторические свидетельства, источники подлинности и манипуляции, публичная история. Курс читается на английском, есть английские субтитры.
Краткое описание курса
Film, images & historical interpretation in the 20th century for those who have a general interest in history that draws on photojournalism as primary evidence, and films based on historical events.
This short history course is an introduction to use of images and other media as historical evidence in the twentieth century, issues of authenticity and manipulation, and the place of film and historical adoptions as public history.
Структура курса
Week 1: The Camera Never Lies - Introduction
Week 2: Images and History in the Twentieth Century
Week 3: The Air-Brushing of History: Stalin and Falsification
Week 4: Photojournalism, Authenticity and Matters of Public Acceptability - The Battle of Mogadishu
Week 5: The Power of the Image - Mount Suribachi, 1945
Week 6: From Page to Screen - Film as Public History
Профессор
Emmett Sullivan is the Senior Departmental Tutor in History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is responsible for the Department’s e-degree provision, undergraduate research methods and economic history courses. Employed at Royal Holloway for the past 15 years, Emmett previously worked at VUW (New Zealand), La Trobe (Melbourne, Australia), the ANU (Canberra, Australia) and Leicester University, and holds a doctoral degree from the economics programme at the ANU.
