Communication, Photography and Multimedia

Code:

50118C5

Acronym:

50118C5

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Drawing

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://fotografia.ccre.arq.up.pt
Responsible unit:	Desenho (D)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	47	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81
			5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The general objectives of Communication, Photography and Multimedia (CFM) are twofold. On one hand, to give theoretical and practical knowledge for using critically digital photography on the web pages for communicating and representing architecture and public spaces. On the other hand, to raise the awareness of students for using different qualitative methods to conduct research using visual instruments for inquiring critically those spaces.

Initially students are asked to analyze, question and confront a set of public spaces and architecture, exploring the potential of digital photography, as well as the accessibility and interactivity on the Internet for communicating different experiences and perceptions of urban space. During the semester the students create a visual portfolio using the Espaço F-FAUP platform on the web. This portfolio consists of an interactive visual narrative made up with images and text supporting a set of ideas that posit a position, argument
or story about a particular subject or problem of the urban area being studied.

This portfolio can be used later as the basis for a case study related to research on digital media applied to the reading of public space and architecture, and therefore integrated in the work of the thesis to finalize the second cycle of the course.

Program

The aim of CFM is to lead students to explore, question and discuss the potential of digital photography and interactive platforms in Internet for representing and questioning the City's public space and architecture.
The results of this research work are a set of interactive visual narratives – digital portfolios. These digital portfolios describe certain problems and characteristics of the studied urban area and communicate a new perspective about their public spaces and the way people perceive and live in them.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam