Teaching code

4S008748

Teacher

Gianluca Solla

Coordinator

Gianluca Solla

Credits

3

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 26, 2022 al Nov 5, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Workshop on Philosophy and Cinema
The Workshop of Philosophy and Cinema aims to specifically develop contemporary philosophical research focusing on cinema and related issues. Though it mainly employs philosophical methodologies, it also resorts to use elements and conceptual tools coming from other disciplines, such as psychoanalysis, anthropology, history of culture, and visual studies.
Particular attention will be given to the development of the following skills:
- Understanding the status of art and its political implications;
- Ability to compare peculiar aspects of thought with contemporary themes and / or authors;
- Ability to formulate independent judgments on the genesis, nature and meaning of the issues addressed during the courses.

Prerequisites and basic notions

The Laboratory in Philosophy and Cinema does not provide prerequisites, other than the willingness of each student to combine the fundamental questions of philosophy with the basic notions of cinema and video-art that will be addressed during the meetings.

Program

On the dark matter of the gaze. Filming - imagining - watching
On the basis of its educational objectives, the Philosophy and Cinema Laboratory intends to provide an introduction to learning and using the conceptuality necessary to reflect on the cinematographic experience and to analyze filmic materials with respect to their philosophical implications, thus deepening the very notion of medium.
This year's workshop will focus on the image in its relationship with the dimension of the gaze.
Bibliography
The bibliography, purely indicative, includes some classics of the genre and contributions that refer to the current debate on the theory of cinema, from which chapters and passages will be extracted on which the workshop meetings will focus. The actual materials will be distributed during the workshop and made available for non-attending students after the conclusion of the workshop itself. A list of the audio-video materials used during the meetings will also be made available.
1. Edgar Morin, Il cinema o l’uomo immaginario, Cortina, Milano 2016.
2. Eyal Weizman, Architettura forense. La manipolazione delle immagini nelle guerre contemporanee, Meltemi, Roma 2022.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

1. Theoretical meetings with discussion;
2. seminar meetings starting from the viewing of film material;
3. group work in the classroom;
4. discussion with the guests of the laboratory.

* PER LA SUA CARATTERISTICA IL LABORATORIO SI SVOLGE ESCLUSIVAMENTE IN PRESENZA, NON E' PREVISTA ALCUNA REGISTRAZIONE.

Learning assessment procedures

There is no exam, but a free participation in group work and discussion. Those who, for unavoidable reasons, find themselves in the conditions of not being able to attend the Laboratory experience, will contact the teacher at the end of the Laboratory to agree on a replacement written research.

Evaluation criteria

No evaluation, only partecipation

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

see above

Exam language

una qualsiasi lingua europea, concordata con il docente