2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ARTF2113 Context Responsive Curation: The Organisation of Dirt
20 creditsClass Size: 30
Module manager: Prof Vanalyne Green
Email: V.Green@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2008/09
Pre-requisites
| ARTF1020 | Studio Work |
| ARTF1041 | Museum/Country House Studies 1 |
| ARTF1042 | Museum/Country House Studies 2 |
| ARTF1045 | A Story of Art I |
| ARTF1046 | A Story of Art 2 |
| ARTF2000 | Stories of Art:An Introduction |
| CULT1000 | Introduction to Cultural Analysis 1 |
| CULT1001 | Introduction to Cultural Analysis II |
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module students should have a general sense of the theoretical underpinnings of alternative contemporary curatorial practices, prevailing critiques of connoisseurship, an ability to engage space through ideas and with objects. They should be able to describe works of art, as well as have the ability to write a catalogue essay.Skills outcomes
- Verbal and written fluency in constructing a logical and coherent argument
- Use of audio visual aids
- Participation in-group discussions
- Co-ordination and dissemination of a range of historical, contextual visual information
- Using bibliographies and databases.
Syllabus
This module introduces students to an overview to contemporary curatorial practices, modes of visual display, and the discourses embedded within such activities. This module enables students to thematise their own work within broader contexts and to give them the intellectual repertoire needed to situate their own work and ideas in the public sphere.
The working assumption of this module is that traditional approaches to visual display are inadequate in the context of marginal, orphaned, ephemeral, and raw spaces. Students should complete the module with the necessary insight, skill and experience to engage with a range of spaces and to curate ideas, as well as objects.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Seminar | 10 | 2.00 | 20.00 |
| Private study hours | 180.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
180 hours - reading articles and books, writing a catalogue essay, analysing visual display systems, and identifying or making objects for display.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- attendance- participation in class discussion
- outline submitted mid-semester
- class presentations.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 2,500- 3,000 words | 40.00 |
| Essay | Essay Outline 2,000 words | 10.00 |
| Practical | Web design / blog | 30.00 |
| Report | Text explication 2 x 300-400 words | 20.00 |
| 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: 29/03/2011
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