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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Critical and Contextual Studies - Fine Art Ecologies | |||
| Reference | AA2402 | Version | 1 |
| Created | August 2023 | SCQF Level | SCQF 8 |
| Approved | September 2023 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | ECTS Points | 15 | |
| Aims of Module | |||
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| To distinguish the student's critical position in their evolving practice located within contemporary fine art ecologies. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Distinguish relevant research methods to support ideas through the required reading list and independently sourced materials related to contemporary fine art ecologies. |
| 2 | Combine critical thinking to contemporary themes of visual and material culture, and fine art ecologies research through the development and contextualisation of ideas related to studio practice. |
| 3 | Categorise information within oral and written communication. |
| 4 | Use critical and contextual knowledge through attendance, participation and engagement in lectures and seminars. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| The core critical thinking skills of selecting, relating, and applying research will be expanded upon to enable students to develop a greater critical and contextual awareness in visual and material culture. The wider field of fine art ecologies is explored through cultural, political and social debates. Emphasis is placed on differentiating creative contexts and how shifting socio-cultural attitudes inform fine art practices. Themes covered include: the role artists play in responding to change - technological, political, economic and environmental; ecological and sustainable art practice; material culture; and contemporary urgencies. This module will build upon emerging skills of distinguishing relevant research methods to support ideas through directed and independently sourced materials; combining critical thinking; planned debates; comparison of key research and showing ideas in writing and verbally. Emphasis is placed on progressing critical thinking skills combining a developing knowledge of studio practice and activities. The module is delivered through lectures, seminars and tutorials and supported using library resources, access to image databases, sourcing relevant information online, physical library materials and archival objects. Theoretical project work should evidence an awareness and consideration of sustainable themes in a manner appropriate to the context of the discipline. The CCS programme acts as a critical counterpoint to work in the studio and is intended to create a conversation between practice and theory. |
| Module Delivery |
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| Critical and Contextual Studies is interdisciplinary. The module is lecture and seminar based, with allocated time for private and directed study and further reading. Group discussion and critical debate will be facilitated through seminar and in-conversation forums. Visits from relevant professionals and study trips, may form part of the curriculum. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 50 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 250 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 300 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | Submission of written coursework. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| In order to pass the module you need to achieve a D or above | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | An A in C1 |
| B | A B in C1 |
| C | A C in C1 |
| D | A D in C1 |
| E | An E in C1 |
| F | An F in C1 |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
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| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 1 | Archer, M (2015), Art Since 1960, London : Thames & Hudson |
| 2 | Fisher, Mark (2009), Capitalist Realism, Alresford : Zero Books |
| 3 | Hopkins, D (2017), After Modern Art, 1945-2017, Oxford : Oxford University Press |
| 4 | Hopkins, D (2017), After Modern Art, 1945-2017, Oxford : Oxford University Press |
| 5 | Howells, R & Negreiros, J (2019), Visual Culture, Cambridge : Polity Press |
| 6 | Mirzoeff, N (2015), How to See the World, London : Pelican Books |
| 7 | Stallabrass, J (2020), Contemporary Art : A Very Short Introduction, Oxford : Oxford University Press |
| 8 | Steyerl, H (2017), Duty Free Art : Art in an age of Plantary Civil War, London : Verso |