Re: Request for Help

I completely second James´ opinion on John Berger - I´m using the video in a 
digital media class for a discussion on "aura".

If you need any good texts for a discussion on ideology and art, there´s a very 
nice on-line resource by The Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art with by 
contemporary authors:
Can Art influence the World ? at
http://www.fng.fi/fng/html4/en/kiasma/guide/cont/chap3/sect0/page94.htm




> 
> John Berger's _Ways of Seeing_ is available on video tape.  A bit 
> dated, but very effective nonetheless. Students sometimes laugh about 
> the 1960s style but the film (which is based directly on the book) 
> does make them talk about the issues.
> 
> Allan Sekula also comes to mind.  Some important essays on 
> photography:  "School is a Factory (On the Politics of Education and 
> the Traffic in Photographs)"  and "Photography Against the Grain."
> 
> >I am currently teaching a class in media analysis.  We are working on
> Marxist
> >analysis this week and the samples of Marxist critiques of different
> media I'm
> >using don't seem to be resonating with my students.  I am hoping that
> you can
> >suggest samples of marxist analysis that are accessable to 1st and 2nd
> year
> >students without much critical background.  Also, if you could suggest
> media
> >texts (films, current or easily accessible tv shows, songs, art works,
> etc.)
> >that really lend themselves to easy, yet informed, marxist analysis I
> would
> >really appreciate it.  FYI, the text the class is using is Berger's
> _Media
> >Analysis Techniques_.
> >
> 
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