Undergraduate Course: Cultural Turns (ARTX09078)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines histories, methodological strategies and case studies associated with the 'cultural turn' in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It explores academic understandings of popular, mass and everyday cultures, including futures studies, carnivals and fairs, person-objects, landscapes (rural and urban) and neo-medievalism, as well as the development of postmodern fields of study including museology and cultural studies, as well as current developments that challenge these. |
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 | Students must have at least three courses at grade B or above in Arts, Humanities or Social Science. |
| 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: 10 |
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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 8,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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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: Research and show a critical understanding of several principal methods of enquiry and employ a diverse range of research applications and sources.
2. Analysis: Demonstrate a critical understanding of several areas of Visual Culture that enable you to analyse, evaluate and reflect critically on your own field.
3. Communication: Successfully communicate your research, analysis and professional initiative in a range of well structured, coherent and creative forms. |
Assessment Information
100% written essay or case study of 4,000 words;
Formative assessment (feed forward) will be given in relation to the written assessment at the mid-point of semester. Students will be asked to prepare an outline or draft proposal of their written assessment task and will receive verbal or written feed forward / feedback on this in advance of the final submission date. Students will receive full written feedback on completion of the summative assessment. |
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 |
Appadurai, A. 1986 The Social Life of things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Appadurai, A. 2013 The Future as Cultural Fact: Essays on the Global Condition. London: Verso.
Jameson, F. 2005 Archaeologies of the Future. London: Verso.
Sassen, S. 2006 Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Preziosi, D. and C. Farago (eds). Grasping the World. The Idea of the Museum.
Simon, J. 2013 Neomaterialism. Sternberg Press.
Strathern, M. 2004 Partial Connections. California: AltaMira Press.
The Confraternity of Neoflagellants 2013 Thn Lng Folk 2go. New York: Punctum Books.
Williams, R. 1989 [1958] Culture is Ordinary. In Resources of Hope: Culture, Democracy, Socialism. London: Verso.
Additional or full reading lists will be made available to students enrolled on the course via the course handbook or VLE/portal documentation. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lecture Hours: 8
Seminar/Tutorial Hours: 12
(Formative feedback/feed-forward will take place within seminar/ tutorial hours).
Directed and independent learning hours: 180 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Susannah Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909
Email: s.thompson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk |
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