Undergraduate Course: Material Cultures (ARTX10043)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | From food to the body, cities to ruins, and kitchens to landscapes and graves, we shape 'stuff' (material culture) from the world in which we live, and we, in turn, are shaped by that stuff.
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| Course description |
Through a diverse series of lectures and fieldtrips, this course examines what we can learn from studying the things and places we make and use on an everyday basis, and demonstrates that exploring them from multiple points of view and diverse methodological frameworks helps us understand the way 'culture' operates and changes through time and space, and the political ramifications of this.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research: Research and show a critical understanding and autonomy in identifying and distinguishing between resources that characterise contemporary material culture studies, including texts, artefacts and images.
- Analysis: Demonstrate a critical understanding of complex issues related to materialism and materiality, and analyse, evaluate and reflect upon their relationships to contemporary art methods and practices.
- Communication: Successfully communicate your original research, analysis and professional initiative in a well structured, coherent and creative form.
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Reading List
Blaxter, L. et al (2001) How to Research. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Booth, W. et al (1995) The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Cottrell, S (2005) Critical Thinking Skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Rampley, M. (ed) (2001) Exploring Visual Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Rose, G (2001) Visual Methodologies. London: Sage.
Sturken M & Cartwright L (2001) Practices of Looking. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Research methods, self motivated practice, collaboration, negotiation, critical evaluation. |
| Keywords | Visual culture,critical evaluation,presentation,research. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Angela McClanahan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5885
Email: a.mcclanahan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Eadaoin Lynch
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: eadaoin.lynch@ed.ac.uk |
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