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Postgraduate Course: TPG Methods (ARTX11033)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryYou will explore a variety of research methods, methodologies and theories of knowledge, along with the possible aims and outcomes different approaches may lead to.
Course description You are encouraged to map your own research narrative in relation to the production, distribution and consumption of your work. A key objective here is to promote innovative, experimental and ambitious research that relates to academic study and creative practice at the forefront of your field.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Online Activities 12, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 3000 Word Critical Essay (100%)

This essay should explore one of the themes covered in the seminar series in Semester 1.

Formally, we'd like you to present your paper in an imaginative form that fully explores and utilizes the possibilities of digital software and distribution platforms and/ or lo fi printing. . This should be a form (self published book, zine, website, blog) that you can reuse for publicizing your own work at a later date.
Feedback Formative feedback on group presentations of critical analysis and research into chosen themes.
Formative feedback on essay plan and evidence of independent research.

Summative feedback on essay.
No Exam Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Online Activities 12, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 3000 Word Critical Essay (100%)

This essay should explore one of the themes covered in the seminar series in Semester 1.

Formally, we'd like you to present your paper in an imaginative form that fully explores and utilizes the possibilities of digital software and distribution platforms and/ or lo fi printing. . This should be a form (self published book, zine, website, blog) that you can reuse for publicizing your own work at a later date.
Feedback Formative feedback on group presentations of critical analysis and research into chosen themes.
Formative feedback on essay plan and evidence of independent research.

Summative feedback on essay.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Present evidence of your research in group seminars for the purposes of generating critical discussion around themes in contemporary art practice.
  2. Display imagination, originality and initiative in the written, spoken and visual articulation of your research.
  3. Research and write a Critical Study of two or more of the methodologies that motivate your research.
Reading List
Macleod, Katy and Holdridge, Lin. 'Thinking Through Art: Reflections on Art as Research', London: Routledge, 2006.
Daichendt, James. 'Artist Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching', Intellect, 2010.
Gray, Carole. and Malins, Julian.'Visualizing Research', Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
Ingold, Tim. and Hallam, E. (eds), Creativity and Cultural Improvisation. Oxford: Berg, 2007.
Stiles, Kristine and Selz, Peter (eds). Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
Alex Danchev, '100 Artists' Manifestos', Penguin Classics, 2001.
Wallis, Brian. (ed.) 'Blasted Allegories: An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists', MIT Press, 1989.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsPG Cert Contemporary Art,School of Art
Contacts
Course organiserMr John Beagles
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909
Email: j.beagles@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5744
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk
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