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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2025
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HART 609 001 (CRN: 26519)
IMAGE, IDENTITY, ALGORITHM
Long Title: IMAGE, IDENTITY, ALGORITHM: RETHINKING PORTRAITURE IN THE AGE OF AI
Department: Art History
Instructor: Bader, Graham
Meeting: 2:00PM - 4:30PM W (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 5
Enrollment data as of: 26-DEC-2024 6:23AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Prompted by recent developments in AI-driven facial recognition technologies, this course examines the history of photographic portraiture with an eye to understanding how the medium has helped to question, define, and police conceptions of the “self.” Readings will include both classic essays by Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Siegfried Kracauer and others and recent discussions of machine surveillance, AI ethics, and contemporary image economies.
Graduate students will be assigned 30-60 pages of extra weekly readings, attend 4-5 extra meetings, and be required to write a substantial research paper of at least 20 pages at the end of the semester.