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Postgraduate Course: Curating (AREA11001)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArt Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionPLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE IS OWNED AND ADMINISTRATED BY ECA
This module examines the presentation and
interpretation of visual and material culture in
professional institutionalised settings, critically
examining the social and political assumptions behind
Western cultures of accumulation, attribution and
display. Lectures will draw on a number of academic
disciplines, among them taxonomy, geography, art
history, literary criticism, sociology, cultural studies,
anthropology, and the natural sciences. This module
will also explore curating without walls.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 05/08/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Investigate and assess a range of exhibition and
display practices and give a professional
presentation critically evaluating contemporary
curatorial practices within a social, historical,
political and economic context.
2. Apply ideas, techniques and theories drawn from
intensive research to enhance your own critical
and interpretative skills.
3. Demonstrate an engagement with theories of
display and cultural value and critically evaluate
the key strategies of current curatorial practice.
Assessment Information
Presentation Individual Presentation:
One 20 minute oral presentation + 1,000 summary.

Report One 3,000 word report +
bibliography of research sources.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywords1. To enhance your understanding of how the meanings of objects and artworks are generated by exhibi
Contacts
Course organiserDr Neil Mulholland
Tel: (0131 6)51 5881
Email: n.mulholland@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Elaine Dickson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5737
Email: e.dickson@ed.ac.uk
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