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Postgraduate Course: TPG Cultural Turns (ARTX11029)

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 descriptionThis course engages with the re-evaluation of popular culture, a reconsideration of the meaning and scope of the 'aesthetic,' and an engagement with numerous other concerns outside the traditional
domain of Critical Theory, such as geography, museology, cultural studies, design and visual culture, and gender studies. Central to the course is thus a tracking of the rise of discourses in response to
the perceived inadequacy of Critical Theory in the face of contemporary society and culture.
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 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30, Online Activities 40, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 123 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Generate a focus for and make a constructive contribution to group crits.

2. Demonstrate an ability to research and articulate a critical knowledge of one or more principle methods in the analysis of culture and subject one or more of those methods to critical scrutiny

3. Use your publishing media to conceptualise, promote, and generate a critical dialogue around your group curatorial project.
Assessment Information
Seminar Participation
Essay
Project
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list William, R. Culture and Materialism, Verso, 2005.
Chaney, D. Cultural Turn: Scene-setting Essays on Contemporary Cultural Theory, Routledge, 1994.
Couldry, N. Inside Culture: Re-imaginging the Method of Cultural Studies, Sage, 2000.
Pickering, M. Research Methods for Cultural Studies, Edinburgh University Press, 2008.
Barker, C. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice, Sage, 2003.
Johnson, R. et al. The Practice of Cultural Studies, Sage, 2004.
Frow, J. Cultural Studies and Cultural Value, Oxford, 1995.
Gelder, K. The Subcultures Reader, London : Routledge, 1997.
Ray and Sayer (eds) Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn, Sage, 1999.
Velthuis, O. Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art, Princeton, 2007.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsCultural Geography Museology Cultural Studies Design Histories Gender Studies Metahistory Cybercultu
Contacts
Course organiserDr Neil Mulholland
Tel: (0131 6)51 5881
Email: n.mulholland@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk
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