Module Details
| Module Code: |
ARTS7047 |
| Title: |
Applied Art, Makers & Thinkers
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Long Title:
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Applied Art, Makers & Thinkers
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| NFQ Level: |
Intermediate |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 ) |
| Field of Study: |
2110 - Visual Arts
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| Module Description: |
Thematic lecture and seminar programme, exploring key figures for both fine and applied art in the contexts of time, memory and institutions
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Identify key types of ceramics, textiles, or glass in the periods studied and situate them in relation to cultural, political, or social historical contexts. |
| LO2 |
Contextualise key works and key thinkers in relation to historical and cultural shifts within art, applied art, design or craft. |
| LO3 |
Propose and evaluate particular works, analyse them and show the ability to place them in cultural context. |
| LO4 |
Describe and discuss the relationship between the historical material, key thinkers, and contemporary practice in the field |
| LO5 |
Construct and develop a critical argument that shows awareness of critical writing on the thematic areas |
| Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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Lectures
Thematic based lecture series examining key thinkers and artistic practitioners associated with the ideas of time, memory, institutions and revolution.
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Time and Memory
The anatomy of memory; Memory and film; Duration and seriality; autobiography.
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Institutions and Revolutions
The institutions of art; patriarchy and anarchy, modern and post modern subcultures.
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Seminar series on Applied art: thinking, making and judging.
Taught seminar programme focusing on the making, critical reception, and display of work in ceramics, textiles and glass within different historical contexts: art, design, craft. For example, the Arts & Crafts movement and its lagacy for studio craft. Themes discussed in the lecture programme will be contextualised in relation to craft media. A combination of Powerpoint presentations, discussion, and object handling will be used to support student engagement and learning.
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 100.00% |
Assessments
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Thematic lecture series examing key critical and theoretical ideas relevant to contemporary practice . |
Every Week |
2.00 |
2 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Seminar on the making, reception and display of ceramics, textiles and glass, encouraging debate and critical thinking |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Research of relevant artists and thinkers connected to themes discussed in lectures and seminars; researching, drafting and presenting an essay and a presentation |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
| This module has no Part Time workload. |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Adamson, Glenn. (2007), Thinking through Craft, Berg, [ISBN: 9781845206468].
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Adamson, Glenn. (2013), The Invention of Craft, Bloomsbury Academic, p.256, [ISBN: 0857850660].
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Farr, Ian. (2012), Memory: Documents of Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, p.239, [ISBN: 9780854882045].
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Gibbons, Joan. (2007), Contemporary art and Memory: Images of Recollection and Remembrance, I.B. Tauris, NY; London, p.189, [ISBN: 9781845116194].
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Hemmings, Jessica. (2012), The Textile Reader, Berg, London, p.461, [ISBN: 97818478863].
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Kwint, Marius, Aynsley, Jeremy, & Breward, Christopher, eds.. (1999), Material memories: design and evocation (Materialising culture), Berg, London, p.257, [ISBN: 185973247X].
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Muggleton, David (ed). (2003), The Post-Subcultures Reader, Berg, [ISBN: 9781859736685].
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Putnam, James. (2001), Art and artifact: the museum as medium, New York, p.208, [ISBN: 0500237905].
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Sturken, Marita. (2009), Practices of Looking, OUP, New York; Oxford, p.486, [ISBN: 9780195314403].
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Svasek, Maruska. (2007), Anthropology, art and cultural production, Pluto Press, p.272, [ISBN: 9780745317946].
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Adamson, Glenn. (2010), The Craft Reader, Berg, Oxford, p.641, [ISBN: 9781847883032].
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Barthes, Roland. (1993), Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, Vintage, London, p.119, [ISBN: 0099225417].
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Boym, Svetlana. The future of nostalgia, Basic Books, New York, p.404, [ISBN: 0465007082].
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Evans, Jessica and Hall, Stuart. (1999), Visual Culture: the reader, Sage, London, p.512, [ISBN: 0761962476].
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Hallam, Elizabeth. (2001), Death, memory and material culture, Berg, London, p.249, [ISBN: 1859733743].
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Huyssen, Andreas. Twilight memories: marking time in a culture of amnesia, Routledge, New York, p.292, [ISBN: 041590935X].
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Jones, Amelia. (2010), The feminism and visual culture reader, 2nd. Routledge, London, [ISBN: 0415543703].
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Rose, Gillian. Visual Methodologies, Sage, London, p.386, [ISBN: 9780857028884].
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Tarkovsky, Andrei. (1989), Sculpting in Time: Reflections on Cinema, University of Texas Press, [ISBN: 0292776241].
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