Laboratorio: la produzione retorica del soggetto: parole, immagini, corpi
A.Y. 2021/2022
Learning objectives
The workshop aims to offer students some key concepts to understand the rhetorical constructions that structure the narration and visualization of the female body. Starting from the basic knowledge of rhetoric, it is placed within a feminist and gender studies perspective
The laboratory allows to acquire skills for the professional profiles of editor, text editor, press office and external communications Associate editor
The laboratory allows to acquire skills for the professional profiles of editor, text editor, press office and external communications Associate editor
Expected learning outcomes
The workshop aims to develop the following skills:
Critical thinking skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will display a sufficiently independent critical approach in selecting and interpreting the notions that are most relevant their area of study and to the broader socio-cultural context in which they operate
Communication skills:
By the end of the workshop:
- students will be able to effectively communicate the acquired knowledge and disseminate it to the general public;
- student will have developed basic IT skills concerning knowledge preservation and transfer.
Learning skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will have developed the learning skills required to continue their studies in keeping with their own research interests. In order to meet this objective, students will also develop relevant skills in the independent interpretation of sources and in the use of basic IT tool for bibliographic research.
Critical thinking skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will display a sufficiently independent critical approach in selecting and interpreting the notions that are most relevant their area of study and to the broader socio-cultural context in which they operate
Communication skills:
By the end of the workshop:
- students will be able to effectively communicate the acquired knowledge and disseminate it to the general public;
- student will have developed basic IT skills concerning knowledge preservation and transfer.
Learning skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will have developed the learning skills required to continue their studies in keeping with their own research interests. In order to meet this objective, students will also develop relevant skills in the independent interpretation of sources and in the use of basic IT tool for bibliographic research.
Lesson period: Second semester
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
Second semester
Meetings are held in person only. Students should refer to the University's regulations:
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/bachelor-and-master-study/following-your-programme-study/teaching-activities-campus
Students are advised to consult and follow the Rectoral Decrees and the information on the page dedicated to urgent measures for the university community
https://www.unimi.it/en/coronavirus-urgent-measures-university-community
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/bachelor-and-master-study/following-your-programme-study/teaching-activities-campus
Students are advised to consult and follow the Rectoral Decrees and the information on the page dedicated to urgent measures for the university community
https://www.unimi.it/en/coronavirus-urgent-measures-university-community
Course syllabus
The workshop aims to offer students some key concepts to understand the rhetorical constructions that structure the narration and visualization of the female body. Moving from basic notions of rhetoric, it is situated within a feminist philosophy and gender studies perspective. This year's theme will be the phenomenon of pregnancy.
The goal of the workshop is therefore to propose tools that will enable students to critically and consciously read the images and words that constitute the social phenomenon of pregnancy, through two parallel lines of investigation.
On the one hand, the representation of the fetus will be analyzed through a historical path that moves from the first fetal "photograph" in 1965 to contemporary photographic and plastic sources. In the reading of the images, we will also focus on the role of captions and the way in which words and images constitute the fetal person. The debate will then focus on ways of saying, imagining and representing the fetus in the Western world.
On the other hand, we will address the depiction of the pregnant woman through a genealogical inquiry into some iconic moments in the history of art and media, also opening the discourse on the invisibilization of the pregnant body compared to the fetal person. The analysis of the rhetoric of pregnancy will lead the participants to reflect on the relationship between the body and technologies in shaping the lived experience of gestation.
Lessons Timetable
Friday 18/2 12.30-14.30
Friday 25/2 12.30-14.30
Friday 11/3 12.30-14.30
Friday 18/3 12.30-14.30
Friday 25/3 12.30-14.30
Friday 1/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 8/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 22/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 29/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 6/5 12.30-14.30
To attend this workshop please pre-register as indicated in the Lab section of the Philosophy website:
https://filosofia.cdl.unimi.it/en/courses/workshops
The goal of the workshop is therefore to propose tools that will enable students to critically and consciously read the images and words that constitute the social phenomenon of pregnancy, through two parallel lines of investigation.
On the one hand, the representation of the fetus will be analyzed through a historical path that moves from the first fetal "photograph" in 1965 to contemporary photographic and plastic sources. In the reading of the images, we will also focus on the role of captions and the way in which words and images constitute the fetal person. The debate will then focus on ways of saying, imagining and representing the fetus in the Western world.
On the other hand, we will address the depiction of the pregnant woman through a genealogical inquiry into some iconic moments in the history of art and media, also opening the discourse on the invisibilization of the pregnant body compared to the fetal person. The analysis of the rhetoric of pregnancy will lead the participants to reflect on the relationship between the body and technologies in shaping the lived experience of gestation.
Lessons Timetable
Friday 18/2 12.30-14.30
Friday 25/2 12.30-14.30
Friday 11/3 12.30-14.30
Friday 18/3 12.30-14.30
Friday 25/3 12.30-14.30
Friday 1/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 8/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 22/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 29/4 12.30-14.30
Friday 6/5 12.30-14.30
To attend this workshop please pre-register as indicated in the Lab section of the Philosophy website:
https://filosofia.cdl.unimi.it/en/courses/workshops
Prerequisites for admission
The course does not require prior knowledge.
Teaching methods
The workshop in organized in two moments:
· lectures in which theses and fundamental texts of the debate will be discussed and presented (in which the active participation of students is required through questions and comments)
· oral presentation of a chosen topic to be discussed in class
· lectures in which theses and fundamental texts of the debate will be discussed and presented (in which the active participation of students is required through questions and comments)
· oral presentation of a chosen topic to be discussed in class
Teaching Resources
Duden, B. (1994). The fetus as an object of our time. RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 25(1), 132-135.
Duden, B. (1994). Il corpo della donna come luogo pubblico: sull'abuso del concetto di vita. Bollati Boringhieri.
Filippini, N. M. (2002). Rappresentazioni e politiche di controllo del corpo materno tra età moderna e contemporanea. La Ricerca Folklorica, 19-25.
Gioni, M., Tenconi, R., (2015). La Grande Madre. Skira.
Hearn, K. (2020). Portraying Pregnancy: Holbein to Social Media. Paul Holberton Publishing.
Mitchell, L. M. (2001). Baby's first picture: Ultrasound and the politics of fetal subjects. University of Toronto Press.
Morgan, L. M., & Michaels, M. W. (Eds.). (1999). Fetal subjects, feminist positions. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Morgan, L. M. (2006). Strange Anatomy: Gertrude Stein and the Avant‐Garde Embryo. Hypatia, 21(1), 15-34.
Morgan, L. (2009). Icons of life: A cultural history of human embryos. University of California Press.
Newman, K. (1996). Fetal positions: Individualism, science, visuality. Stanford University Press.
Piontelli, A. (2020). Culto del feto: Come è cambiata l'immagine della maternità. Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Duden, B. (1994). Il corpo della donna come luogo pubblico: sull'abuso del concetto di vita. Bollati Boringhieri.
Filippini, N. M. (2002). Rappresentazioni e politiche di controllo del corpo materno tra età moderna e contemporanea. La Ricerca Folklorica, 19-25.
Gioni, M., Tenconi, R., (2015). La Grande Madre. Skira.
Hearn, K. (2020). Portraying Pregnancy: Holbein to Social Media. Paul Holberton Publishing.
Mitchell, L. M. (2001). Baby's first picture: Ultrasound and the politics of fetal subjects. University of Toronto Press.
Morgan, L. M., & Michaels, M. W. (Eds.). (1999). Fetal subjects, feminist positions. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Morgan, L. M. (2006). Strange Anatomy: Gertrude Stein and the Avant‐Garde Embryo. Hypatia, 21(1), 15-34.
Morgan, L. (2009). Icons of life: A cultural history of human embryos. University of California Press.
Newman, K. (1996). Fetal positions: Individualism, science, visuality. Stanford University Press.
Piontelli, A. (2020). Culto del feto: Come è cambiata l'immagine della maternità. Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification methods:
Students will give short power point presentations (about 30 minutes) and to foresee a debate at the end of their talks.
Production of a short final report is also required
Further information on the modalities of evaluation will be provided at the first lesson.
Evaluation criteria:
- autonomy of judgement;
- critical understanding of the texts proposed;
- ability to cooperate in a working group;
- communication and expression skills.
Students will give short power point presentations (about 30 minutes) and to foresee a debate at the end of their talks.
Production of a short final report is also required
Further information on the modalities of evaluation will be provided at the first lesson.
Evaluation criteria:
- autonomy of judgement;
- critical understanding of the texts proposed;
- ability to cooperate in a working group;
- communication and expression skills.
Laboratorio Professionalizzante
- University credits: 2
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor:
Miglio Nicole
Ricerca Bibliografica e redazione di un testo scientifico filosofico
- University credits: 1
Humanities workshops: 16 hours
Professor:
Ceron Annalisa Antonia
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