Understanding Visual Culture Assignment
INSTRUCTIONS: There are 2 parts to this assessment task.
- Part 1 consists of four short answer questions (150 words each)
- Part 2 is a short essay (600 words)
This assessment task asks you to apply key terms and analytical tools introduced in the set readings, lecture pods and tutorials in your own words. All material that is not your own (including paraphrasing) must be properly referenced using APA. All quotations must be in “quotation marks” with correct page number references.
PART 1: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS Answer all of the following questions (150 words each).
- How can visual culture function as a means of cultural imperialism?
- Does an image’s rhetoric differ from its discourse?
- Can photography present an authentic representation of reality?
- Is it correct to say that the ‘male gaze’ predominates in society today?
PART 2: SHORT ESSAY (600 words) “Transform a society’s practices of seeing […] and you change the meaning of historical situations and the terms of sociocultural experience.”1 Discuss this claim, drawing on key concepts and theorists explored in the unit, and using an analysis of this image to support your argument.