1. First, watch the video lecture for this week
2. Next, read the required readings for this week.
1. Lacan, Jacques. The Mirror stage as formative of the function of the I as revealed in psychoanalytic experience.
2. Lacan, Jaques. The gaze as object petit a.
3. Luce Irigaray. The Looking Glass from the Other side. in This Sex which is Not One.
2. Lacan, Jaques. The gaze as object petit a.
3. Luce Irigaray. The Looking Glass from the Other side. in This Sex which is Not One.
3. Third, contemplate these questions on your own or with some friends
1. Explain in your own words the following terms: object petit a; the real; the symbolic; the imaginary; the subject.
2. Reflecting back on Scott's Project, what aspects of the Lacanian self do you speculate the participants could be reacting to when they are "aroused" by different images?
3. What key themes is Luce Irigaray playing with in her piece? Why does she draw on Alice and Wonderland as a metaphor?
3. Get a mirror and look at yourself for a few minutes. When you reflect upon yourself, do you see the reflection as real, symbolic or imaginary or as a combination and measure of elements of all three? Can you rank the degree of each registries in terms of how they form your own self of self?
2. Reflecting back on Scott's Project, what aspects of the Lacanian self do you speculate the participants could be reacting to when they are "aroused" by different images?
3. What key themes is Luce Irigaray playing with in her piece? Why does she draw on Alice and Wonderland as a metaphor?
3. Get a mirror and look at yourself for a few minutes. When you reflect upon yourself, do you see the reflection as real, symbolic or imaginary or as a combination and measure of elements of all three? Can you rank the degree of each registries in terms of how they form your own self of self?
4. Then, check out these case studies and given the lecture and the required readings for the week, answer the questions below.
1. The Photoshop Bill. Given the conversation above and the ideas concerning Scott's project and the theories of Lacan, contemplate this case study.
2. Dove Real Beauty Sketches. Given the theories we've covered today, comment on this case study. Think bigger picture too: why would Dove be interested in producing an ad like this?
2. Dove Real Beauty Sketches. Given the theories we've covered today, comment on this case study. Think bigger picture too: why would Dove be interested in producing an ad like this?