Postgraduate Course: Readings in Contemporary Architectural Theory (ARCH11022)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting 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. All course enrollments for this course are done strictly through the Course Secretary¿ |
| Course description |
In particular, the course 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 | All course enrolments for this course are done strictly through the Course Secretary. |
| Additional Costs | Costs in the presentation of their work. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Class assignments (100%). |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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 | Dr Dorian Wiszniewski
Tel: (0131 6)50 2311
Email: Dorian.Wiszniewski@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Ellie Wallace
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: Ellie.Wallace@ed.ac.uk |
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