Pasi Väliaho

Supervises projects on topics related to Visual studies, Art History and Media studies.

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Pasi Väliaho studies relations between images, technologies and culture. His work moves across historical periods, from seventeenth-century optical machines to early cinema and contemporary screens, bridging art, science, and philosophical thought.

Here's a short description of my research/superivision interests:

General themes:

  • theories/philosophies of image and visuality
  • history of optical media (camera obscura, photography, cinema, etc.) from early modernity to present
  • history art/images in relation to science, technology and capitalism

Potential specific topics:

  • camera obscura in early modern science and philosophy
  • colonial data visualization practices
  • Paul Sandby's topographic art
Publisert 31. jan. 2018 13:54 - Sist endret 14. sep. 2020 13:13