Postgraduate Course: ASN Critical Forum TERM 2 (ARCH11148)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
A series of lectures of invited artist and architects devoted to contemporary practice. This programme will create awareness of contemporary art and architectural practice and stimulus to develop one&©s own work as reflection of specific sites and context.
Aims of course
1 To further enhance awareness of relevant theory and its application to define project and research opportunities.
2 To enable students to locate their practice with reference to contemporary fields of speculation.
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Mode of delivery
Guest Speakers, Seminar |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Develop critical awareness of contemporary practice
2. communicate and evaluate project and research proposals
3. critically evaluate and reflect upon individual development in the context of Art , Space and Nature post graduate studies |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
BRINK-BUDGEN, ROY VAN DEN. Critical thinking for students: learn the skills of critical assessment and effective argument. Oxford: How To Books, 2000 NAPIER, H ALBERT. Mastering and using Microsoft Powerpoint XP. Introductory course,Cambridge, Mass, London: Course Technology,2001 STOTT, REBECA . Speaking your mind: oral presentation and seminar skills. Harlow , England; New York:Longman,2001 Carl Andre : Sculpture 1958-1974&©. Bern Kunsthalle, 1975. Carl Andre&© Hollis Frampton. $ù12 Dialogues 1962-1963&©. Ed. Benjamin Buchloh. The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Halifax. 1981. $ùAndre, Buren, Irwin, Nordman. Space and Support&©. Mark Rosenthal. University of California. San Francisco. 1979. Hannah Arendt. $ùThe LIfe of The Mind&©. HBJ. New York. 1971. $ùAristotle&©. The Philosophy of Aristotle. New American Library. New York. 1963. Rudolf Arnheim. $ùVisual Thinking&©. University of California Press. Berkeley. 1971. Gaston Bachelard. $ùThe Poetics of Space&©. Beacon Press. 1994. Reyner Banham. $ùTheory and Design in the First Machine Age&©. Architectural Press. London. 1980 Reyner Banham. $ùLos Angeles. The Architecture of Four Ecologies&©. University of California Press. 2001. Roland Barthes. $ùNew Critical Essays&©. Hill and Wang. New York. 1980. Walter Benjamin. $ùReflections&©. Schocken Books. New York. 1986. John Berger. $ùways of Seeing&©. Pelican. London. 1973. David Bohm. $ùScience Order and Creativity&©. Routledge. London. 1988. Alexander Broadie. $ùThe Tradition of Scottish Philosophy&©. Polygon. Edinburgh. 1990. Norman Carver. $ùForm and Space of Japanese Architecture&©. Shokokusha. Tokyo. 1955. George Elder Davie. $ùThe Democratic Intellect&©. The University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh. 1961. Jacques Derrida. $ùTruth in Painting&©. UCP. 1987. Frantz Fanon. $ùThe Wretched of The Earth. Grove Press. New York. 1963. James Frazer. $ùThe Golden Bough, A Study in Magic and Religion&©. MacMillan. London. 1963. Sigmund Freud. 'The Interpretation of Dreams&©. Wordsworth Editions. 1997. Buckminster Fuller. $ùIntuition&©. Anchor Books. New York. 1973. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 15 hours
Directed study 10 hours
Self-directed study 75 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | Not entered |
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