Undergraduate Course: Art in Context 4 (ARTX10070)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Art in Context 4 builds on your skills in researching, analysing and articulating ideas about contemporary art. You will take these to the next level in writing a dissertation, on a topic of your own choosing, with the support and guidance of a tutor. |
| Course description |
In Art in Context 4 you will present your research plans to a small group of your peers and then write a dissertation of 4,000-5,000 words. You will select and refine your research focus in dialogue with a tutor, who will also offer feedback on the draft writing that you share, according to a suggested timetable. Creativity in your approach to this academic work - for instance, developing a research element through practice, finding a means of performing some of your learning in words, or carefully defending a bold claim - is encouraged.
At the end of your third year, there will be an hour-long lecture introducing the course. This is followed by a one-hour lecture at the beginning of Semester 1. At this time, you will also meet the tutor for an hour-long group tutorial. You will then trial your research presentation with your tutor during a 1:1 30-minute-long tutorial, before then sharing it with peers in a plenary session which your tutor will chair (Weeks 2-4). You will then make a draft submission to your tutor, for which you will have another 1:1 30-minute-long tutorial to receive formative feedback. There will be another later course-level lecture for all students, in which any questions or issues arising in the final stages related to the latter component of submission can be addressed. This will be followed by an hour-long group seminar with your tutor - to support your own dissertation completion more particularly. They will offer feedback on your final draft submission in a final 1:1 30-minute-long tutorial, ahead of your submitting your finished dissertation. One day a week will be reserved in your timetable for Art in Context 4; however, there can be flexibility in when you make time for your work on this course.
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research contemporary art and relevant ideas, drawing on expertise developed in earlier Art in Context courses but now applying a specialist focus.
- Analyse contemporary art in relation to relevant ideas that are complex and/or professionally pressing.
- Convey ideas about contemporary art convincingly to informed audiences through rigorous - and perhaps creative - means to deepen their understanding of your specialist focus.
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Reading List
DeSouza, Allan. How Art Can Be Thought: A Handbook for Change. Durham: Duke University Press, 2018
Haylock, Brad and Megan Patty (ed.). Art Writing in Crisis. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2021
Liese, Jennifer (ed.). Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000¿2015. New York: Paper Monument, 2016
Rose, Gillian. Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials. Fifth Edition. London: Sage, 2022
Taylor, Gordon. A Students Writing Guide: How to Plan and Write Successful Essays. Cambridge University Press, 2009
Thoburn, Nicholas. Anti-book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
1. Research and enquiry
Knowledge integration and application: independently investigate and respond to major developments in current and emergent debates and ideas within contemporary art
2. Personal and intellectual autonomy
Independent learning and development: situate the significance of the work of contemporary artists in relation to other artists, contexts and ideas
3. Personal effectiveness
Planning, organising and time management: self-management, including planning and developing skills in research and communication to meet course deadlines while developing your ideas through to outcomes that confirm your engagement with relevant examples and ideas within the field
4. Communication
Verbal and written communication: convey ideas and information in visual, oral and written forms regarding current ideas and debates in contemporary art such that peers and a specialist audience are convinced |
| Keywords | Contemporary Art,Research Project,Dissertation,Extended Essay |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Lucy Steeds
Tel:
Email: Lucy.Steeds@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mx Hannah Pennie Morrison
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
Email: Hannah.PM@ed.ac.uk |
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