International relations
Visualising War: Image, Media, and Culture
Module code: L2072AID
Level 6
30 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Seminar
Assessment modes: Not yet finalised
What is war? How does war shape our societies? How do specific social and political orders shape what war is?
On this module, you will gain an advanced understanding of war as a social phenomenon. We will scrutinise what war is and how, if at all, it is different from other forms of violence.
We will also explore connections between war and law, gender, technology, culture and media, and resistance and peace. You will use this knowledge to examine specific case studies, gaining in-depth insight into the multifaceted nature of war.
During the module, you will develop transferrable skills, from research and analysis to presentation, which will help you think, talk and write in an informed and critical manner about war.
Module learning outcomes
- Develop a systematic understanding of the role of images, media and culture in shaping war.
- Develop a detailed conceptual understanding of different approaches to evaluating the relationship between war, image, media and culture.
- Effectively synthesise and communicate the uncertainties, ambiguities and limits of conceptual approaches to the study of war, image, media and culture.
- Apply the conceptual approaches in the module to research and analysis of visual images, media and culture.