2009/10 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
ARTF5250M Object Building Text
30 creditsClass Size: 25
Module manager: Abigail Harrison-Moore
Email: a.l.moore@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2009/10
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should have a critical understanding of the ways in which architecture and material culture have been represented and interpreted by historians and cultural theorists from the first century B.C. to the present day.Skills outcomes
Skills necessary to undertake higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in an area of professional practice.
Evaluating own achievement and that of others.
Self-direction and effective decision-making.
Independent learning.
Use of methodologies and theoretical resources.
Syllabus
This module will introduce students to the ways in which architecture and material culture have been represented and interpreted by historians and cultural theorists from the first century B.C. to the present day. Texts considered include key writings by Vitruvius, Alberti, Locke, Hume, Foucault, Marx, Barthes, Bourdieu, Baudrillard, Derrida, Hegel and Kant. Students will be encouraged to explore the manner in which these methodologies have been deployed by architectural and cultural historians. The section on modernism and postmodernism introduces the student to the lively debates on-going within architectural theory and practice with regard to the history and periodisation of Early, High and Late modernism and those centering around deconstruction and postmodernism. The work of H. Russell Hitchcock, Le Corbusier , C. Abercrombie and others is compared to C. Jenck's and R. Venturi's typologies of styles in relation to the work of P. Eisenmann', D. Libeskind, Morphosis, OMA , Z. Hadid and others.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 11 | 4.00 | 44.00 |
| Seminar | 11 | 3.00 | 33.00 |
| Private study hours | 223.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 77.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300.00 | ||
Private study
223 hours - reading, research and preparation for seminars/ lectures and essayOpportunities for Formative Feedback
Attendance at lectures and seminars.Participation in class discussions
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 1 x 4,000-6,000 word essay | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 31/03/2011
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