Postgraduate Course: Readings in Contemporary Architectural Theory (ARCH11022)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course specifically examines the place of architecture within the wider context of cultural production and globalisation. It examines a number of strands in contemporary architectural theory that seek to challenge and unsettle various discipline-specific orthodoxies that have informed architecture in the past. In particular, it explores issues of power, the philosophy of technology, the politics of domination, the production of space, history as disjunction, gender issues, discourses of the unconscious, cyberspace, theories of interpretation, and deconstruction as these topics pertain to contemporary architecture. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Costs in the presentation of their work. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
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Learning Outcomes
- Appreciate the intellectual and critical dimensions of architectural practice.
- Engage in critical discussion, writing and design around the issues of architecture and contemporary cultural production.
- Show leadership in the professional and public contexts on issues to do with design, architecture and urbanism.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Mark Dorrian
Tel: (0131 6)51 5967
Email: Mark.Dorrian@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk |
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