Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate accurate and effective academic research and communication skills
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- make connections between the theoretical area of their interest and examples drawn from contemporary art practice
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to critically examine academic ideas and debates related to Fine Art
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically analyse examples and case studies relevant to Fine Art
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- articulate their own position with respect to their chosen subject and the theoretical references used
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24 |
Independent Study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Journal Articles
Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1, pp. 1-40.
Textbooks
Donna Haraway (1991). Simians, Cyborgs and Women. Routledge.
Gregory Bateson (1972). Steps to an Ecology of Mind. University of Chicago Press.
Stuart Hall (2024). Selected Writings on Visual Arts and Culture. Duke University Press.
Edward Said (1978). Orientalism. Penguin.
Angela Davis (2016). Freedom is a Constant Struggle . Haymarket Books.
Rosi Braidotti (2013). The Posthuman. Polity Press.
Eyal Weizman (2017). Forensic Architecture – Violence at the Threshold of Detectability. Zone Books.
Bell Hooks (1984). Feminist Theory: From the Margin to the Center . London: Pluto Press.
Peggy Phelan, Helena Reckitt (2006). Art & Feminism. Phaidon.
Judith Butler (1990). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. London: Routledge.
Angela Davis (1981). Women, Race and Class. Penguin.
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing (2015). The Mushroom at The End of the World. Princeton University Press.
Agnes Denes (2008). The Human Argument: The Writings of Agnes Denes. Spring Publications.
Kathryn Yusoff (2018). A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None. University of Minnesota Press.
Jussi Parikka (2023). Operational Images: From the Visual to the Invisual. University of Minnesota Press.
Pia Arke (1995). Ethnoaesthetics. ARK.
Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013). Braiding Sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions.
Gaye Theresa Johnson & Alex Lubin (eds.) (2017). Futures of Black Radicalism. Verso.
Franz Fanon (1961). The Wretched of the Earth. Penguin.
Hito Steyerl (2012). The Wretched of the Screen. Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Jonathan Crary (2014). 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep. Verso.
Audre Lorde (2019). Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches . Penguin.
Paul Virilio (2009). War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception. Verson.
TJ Demos (2016). Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology. Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Draft essay
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Verbal feedback and comments in the margin.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |