GSOC 6381 -

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The New School

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Theorizing Visibility: Witnessing, Showing, and Granting Regard in the Visual Media Fall 2008. Three credits. Daniel Dayan The seminar is organized around four themes: First, we consider Hannah Arendt's version of the public sphere and Roger Silverstone's notion of a"mediapolis." What is today's visual public sphere What does "appeariin public" mean in this new context How is this appearing relayed by the media How do we conceptualize morality in the mediapolis The second part of the seminar addresses the instructor's work on the pragmatics of showing "monstration." Are there ways reformulate the deontologyof journalism, especially in reference to visual journalism, or in relation to performative utterance If one recognizes that visibility involves a combination of performances, is there any place left for the construct of "objectivity " Should we, on the contrary, invent a new normativeapproach based on other concepts such as "truthfulness" or "loyaltyin terms of speech act theory The third part of the seminar explores this issue by bringing together questions of ethics (deontology) and the problems of performance. The central idea is that of journalists as witnesses. An examination of historically established witnessing practices-from "eyewitness," to "martyr"-allows discussion of the dimensions involvedthe witnessing role of journalists. Finally the issue of "social visibility" willbe discussed in relation to the work of Axel Honneth, and that of his disciple Olivier Voirol. What is the connection between "social visibility" and theissue of recognition Is social invisibility the equivalent of social death What is the connection between the French meaning of "regard" (to watch)and the English meaning of the same word (to respect, to esteem) Can one suggest that news, more than a simple practice of watching, is always connected to a problem of regard in the English sense Cross listed as GPOL 6381.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.newschool.edu

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(212) 229-5600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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