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Visual Culture 7933

The document is an examination paper for the Visual Culture course in the B.A. Sociology program, focusing on various critical topics in art and media. It includes questions on European art frameworks, the concept of 'spectacle', biometrics and biopolitics, folk humor, Bourdieu's social distinction, Indian photography practices, and Marcel Duchamp's 'Readymades'. The exam is set for a duration of 3 hours and carries a maximum of 90 marks.

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Visual Culture 7933

The document is an examination paper for the Visual Culture course in the B.A. Sociology program, focusing on various critical topics in art and media. It includes questions on European art frameworks, the concept of 'spectacle', biometrics and biopolitics, folk humor, Bourdieu's social distinction, Indian photography practices, and Marcel Duchamp's 'Readymades'. The exam is set for a duration of 3 hours and carries a maximum of 90 marks.

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Name of the Paper: Visual Culture (DSE)
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3. Explain the relationship between biometrics and biopolitics.

4. Examine the significance of folk humour and carnival in visual contestations.

5. Examine Bourdieu's concept of social distinction with the help of an ethnographic


illustration.
6 .. Why does David MacDougall describe Indian photography practices as hierarchical?·
Discuss with examples.

7. Reflect on the idea of aesthetic revolution through Marcel Duchamp's 'Readymades'.

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