Undergraduate Course: Postmodernism and Beyond in Contemporary Art Practice (ARTX08057)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Postmodernism and Beyond in Contemporary Art Practice aims to help students understand the various theoretical, historical and methodological developments within society, culture and art from the mid-20th century to the present. Throughout the course, tutors will highlight how the ideas and concepts arising from the social, political and historical elements of this period inform contemporary practice.
This course aims to:
1. Enable you to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of art since the mid-twentieth century and its relationship to contemporary art practices.
2. Help you to develop competence, imagination and understanding when analysing and applying key critical concepts of postmodernism, relevant to the analysis and production of contemporary art.
3. To help you understand ways in which postmodern and more recent concepts relating to the speculative turn, have and continue to inform action within popular and mass culture generally and contemporary art practices in particular.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 60 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 1,
External Visit Hours 2,
Online Activities 3,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
171 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Research: Undertake appropriate research and show a detailed knowledge of two or more specialist aspects of modernism using a variety of critical and historical approaches.
2. Analysis: Demonstrate an applied knowledge of modernist and postmodernist developments both in your field and in relation to their wider cultural influence.
3. Communication: Show initiative in managing your work and convey creative ideas in a range of imaginatively structured and coherent forms. |
Assessment Information
20% Presentation and Seminar participation;
80% written case study assignment;
Formative assessment will be given in relation to the presentation and seminar participation at the mid-point of semester. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
As described in the short description. |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Various forms of reading (close, skimming, etc);
Library research;
Essay Writing;
Public speaking. |
| Reading list |
Barthes, R. 1993 Camera Lucida.
Butler, J.1990 Gender Trouble. Taylor and Francis.
Clifford, J. 1988 The Predicament of Culture.
Fisher, M. 2009 Capitalist Realism. London: Zero Books.
Foucault, M. 1966 The Order of Things. London: Routledge.
Harrison, C. 1999 Art in Theory 1900-2000.
Kirby, A. 2006 The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond. Philosophy Now.
Krauss, R. et al 2004 Art Since 1900. London: Thames and Hudson.
Krauss, R. 1981 Passages in Modern Sculpture. MIT Press.
Power, N. 2009 One Dimensional Woman. London: Zero Books. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lecture Hours: 10
Seminar / tutorial Hours: 8
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours: 1
External Visit Hours: 2
Virtual Learning Environment/Scheduled Online Activities: 3
Feedback/Feedforward Hours: 1
Directed and independent learning hours: 171 |
| Keywords | Postmodernism; modernism; neoliberalism; art practice; art theory. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Angela Mcclanahan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5885
Email: a.mcclanahan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk |
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