Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- different models of cultural and film policy making internationally and their impact on the industry
- the social, historical and economic contexts in which the cultural sector operates and has developed
- the place of aesthetic debates about traditional arts in a context where the cultural industries such as the film industry are increasingly dominant
- the shifting relationship between government policy and the cultural sector, such as that in the UK
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse and interpret the social, cultural and economic factors that impact on the contemporary cultural sector, in particular in relation to the film industry
- access recent research findings on the development of cultural & film policy
- present coherent arguments on specific topics related to the cultural sector
- evaluate different models of cultural and film policy
- analyse how ideas about culture are embodied in cultural and film policy
- make judgements about key aesthetic debates that impact on policy making decisions in the cultural sector, with particular reference to film
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- define and manage an extended interdisciplinary written task
- demonstrate effective research skills across discipline boundaries
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24.5 |
Independent Study | 125.5 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
(2005). International Journal of Cultural Policy. , Vol. 11, No. 1.
Textbooks
Puttnam, David (1997). The Undeclared War, The Struggle for Control for the World’s Film Industry. Harper Collins.
Moran, Albert (1996). Film Policy: International, National, Regional Perspectives. Routledge.
Chong, Derrick (2002). Arts Management. Routledge.
McGuigan, J (2004). Rethinking Cultural Policy. Open University Press.
Selwood, Sarah (2001). The UK Cultural Sector: Profile and Policy Issues. Policy Studies Institute.
Williams, Raymond (1983). Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Fontana.
Djya, E (2001). BFI Film and TV Handbook. BFI.
Hjort, Mette & Duncan Petrie (2007). The Cinema of Small Nations. Edinburgh University Press.
Beck, A. (2003). Cultural Work: Understanding the Cultural Industries. Routledge.
Jackel, Anne (2003). European Film Industries. BFI.
Davis, Darrell William & Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh (2008). East Asian Screen Industries. BFI.
Hesmondhalgh, D. (2007). The Cultural Industries. Sage.
Murphy, Robert (2001). British Cinema Book. BFI.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Assessments designed to provide informal, on-module feedback - tutor-supported workshops - peer discussion/support - consultation with your tutor in preparation for the formal assessmentFormative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Class Exercise
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Oral feedback
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: Yes
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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Resubmit assessments | 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% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External