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
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
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 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
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
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
Kathryn Yusoff (2018). A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None. University of Minnesota Press.
TJ Demos (2016). Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology. Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Donna Haraway (1991). Simians, Cyborgs and Women. Routledge.
Hito Steyerl (2012). The Wretched of the Screen. Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Angela Davis (2016). Freedom is a Constant Struggle. Haymarket Books.
Gregory Bateson (1972). Steps to an Ecology of Mind. University of Chicago Press.
Paul Virilio (2009). War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception. Verson.
Eyal Weizman (2017). Forensic Architecture – Violence at the Threshold of Detectability. Zone Books.
Peggy Phelan, Helena Reckitt (2006). Art & Feminism. Phaidon.
Agnes Denes (2008). The Human Argument: The Writings of Agnes Denes. Spring Publications.
Pia Arke (1995). Ethnoaesthetics. ARK.
Jonathan Crary (2014). 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep. Verso.
Stuart Hall (2024). Selected Writings on Visual Arts and Culture. Duke University Press.
Bell Hooks (1984). Feminist Theory: From the Margin to the Center. London: Pluto Press.
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing (2015). The Mushroom at The End of the World. Princeton University Press.
Judith Butler (1990). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. London: Routledge.
Rosi Braidotti (2013). The Posthuman. Polity Press.
Gaye Theresa Johnson & Alex Lubin (eds.) (2017). Futures of Black Radicalism. Verso.
Audre Lorde (2019). Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Penguin.
Jussi Parikka (2023). Operational Images: From the Visual to the Invisual. University of Minnesota Press.
Franz Fanon (1961). The Wretched of the Earth. Penguin.
Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013). Braiding Sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions.
Edward Said (1978). Orientalism. Penguin.
Angela Davis (1981). Women, Race and Class. Penguin.
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% |