(in Polish) Visual Representations of Migrants and Diaspora Cultures 3700-MSNS-VRM-FC

This course examines the dynamic intersections of migration, identity, and visuality in contemporary culture. Drawing on films, video art, installations, photography, and diverse forms of digital media, the course investigates how experiences of displacement, exile, and belonging are mediated, imagined, and performed.
Students will engage with key theoretical frameworks from postcolonial and decolonial studies, as well as visual anthropology, to critically examine how migrant and diasporic subjects are represented—and how they represent themselves—across local and transnational contexts. Core themes include exilic and diasporic cinema, border aesthetics, memory and nostalgia, and visual activism. Particular attention will be given to the visual representation of current migration processes in Poland, exploring how local artists, filmmakers, and media respond to and frame contemporary mobility and displacement.
By situating visual representation within broader debates on globalization, cultural hybridity, and the politics of identity, the course combines critical theory with close visual analysis to equip students with the conceptual tools to understand how visual culture both shapes and is shaped by the movement of people across borders.