2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ARTF3169 Memory and the memorial, from East to West
20 creditsClass Size: 18
Module manager: Dr Ashley Thompson
Email: A.C.Thompson@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2008/09
Pre-requisite qualifications
ARTF2000 or 20 credits of other ARTF coded modulesThis module is approved as an Elective
Module summary
This module will explore the art object as a site of memory. Explorations will be situated explorations within a broader questioning of apparently opposed practices of commemoration between East and West, paying particular attention to constructs of subjectivity and history. Discussions will be based on a corpus of theoretical texts, along with a series of case studies which may vary from year to year. Examples of these include commemoration of genocide, and the Buddhist temple as a paradigmatic locus of memory.Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to consider art in relation to questions of memory and memorialisation. They should be particularly aware of constructs of memory and memorialisation within the Enlightenment tradition, and capable of challenging these through comparative perspectives from Asian traditions. They should also be capable of considering these questions in other paradigmatic frameworks concerning, for example, the religious and the secular, or the pre-modern, the modern and the post-modern. In this context, they should be able to critically analyse a variety of art and architectural forms, considering philosophical concepts, along with historical, social and geographical circumstance.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
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 will explore the art object as a site of memory: a quid pro quo, something here - but whose being somehow escapes us - in the place of something else which is no longer. We will situate explorations within a broader questioning of apparently opposed practices of commemoration between 'East' and 'West', paying particular attention to constructs of subjectivity and history. Discussions will be based on a corpus of theoretical texts, along with a series of 'Asian' case studies which may vary from year to year. Examples of these include commemoration of genocide; and the Hindu-Buddhist temple as a paradigmatic locus of memory.
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
100 hours - class reading and research, with weekly commentary on Nathan Bodington20 hours - reading and research for presentation
35 hours - reading and research for essay
25 hours - writing essay
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- attendance- participation in class discussion
Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Assignment | Weekly commentary | 25.00 |
Report | Written report of oral presentation of c.15 minutes | 25.00 |
Essay | 1 x 3,000-4,000 word essay | 50.00 |
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: 07/05/2009
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