Nan Goldin The Ballad of Sexual Dependency Media

+ Nan Goldin The Ballad of Sexual Dependency • • • Media Theory Cinematic Language Analytical approaches understanding art Image Creation Technical instruction • Defining concepts of violence and Nonviolence. • Analyzing violent world views • Examining non-violent resistance Imaging Violence & Nonviolence How to engage students in the creation of a Fambul Tok (Family Talk)

+ Weeks 1 -3: Recognizing Violence n n Introduction to key topics: PAT KIM What is violence and nonviolence. How is violence and nonviolence represented in images. Possible learning activities: Responses to readings through images, journaling contact with cultural violence.

+ Weeks 4 -8: Depth n n Who are we really? Is violence normal? What do we see, how can we analyze what we are fed visually? PAT KIM Views on human nature, psychological explanations. Introduction to technical aspects of video making, historical context – propaganda, adverts, consumption of violence in media. Possible learning activities: reading/film responses and analysis. Creation of found footage propaganda with subversive meanings.

+ Key Collaborative Class n Recognizing the potential for peacebuilding. Analysis of Fambul Tok and discussion of community driven forgiveness/reconciliation.

+ Towards Resistance n n Manufacturing consent/Creating Dissent PAT KIM How is consent manufactured? The need for a nonviolent world view, evaluating potential for nonviolent resistance Examples of resistance through interactive media Technical instruction Working out a plan for a final project (possibly public).

+ Final Project Considerations n n Making a contemporary, student driven version of Fambul Tok (community based forms of healing), using media and technology…. PAT KIM Further analysis of the resistance to violence in society. Creation of a media based project (to be developed with students). Possible Learning Activities: In depth analysis of resistance, student driven content, constructive feedback sessions and development of a public project/exhibit/fill in the blank.