Browsing Comparative Media Studies (CMS) - Archived by Issue Date

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    • 21H.418 / CMS.880 Technologies of Word 1450-2000, Fall 2002 

      Ravel, Jeffrey S. (2002-12)
      Explores the impact of the printing press upon European politics and culture during the first several centuries after Gutenberg and compares these changes with the possibilities and problems inherent in contemporary ...

    • 21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2003 

      Dower, John W.; Miyagawa, Shigeru (2003-06)
      Extensive reading and discussion of how visual images impose a variety of identities on individuals and societies. Case studies drawn primarily from the Pacific region, and include: identities of individuals in a society; ...

    • CMS.801 Media in Transition, Fall 2004 

      Ravel, Jeffrey S. (2004-12)
      This course centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically transformed. It includes consideration of the "Gutenberg Revolution," the rise of modern mass media, and the "digital ...

    • 21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2008 

      Dower, John; Miyagawa, Shigeru (2008-06)
      In this new course, students will study how images have been used to shape the identity of peoples and cultures. A prototype digital project looking at American and Japanese graphics depicting the opening of Japan to the ...

    • CMS.405 Media and Methods: Seeing and Expression, Spring 2009 

      Davenport, Glorianna (2009-06)
      This class examines frameworks for making and sharing visual artifacts using a trans-cultural, trans-historical, constructionist approach. It explores the relationship between perceived reality and the narrative imagination, ...