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