2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ARTF1056 Critical Approaches to Display, Institutions, and Engagement

20 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Dr Nick Cass
Email: N.Cass@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Module replaces

ARTF1048 Introduction to Art Gallery and Museum Studies

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module introduces a range of approaches to the critical study of practices of curating and the institutions, spaces and cultural formations through which art, in its widest senses, is encountered. From the origins of museums to the most recent forms of socially engaged participatory practice, from heritage sites to the international biennale, you’ll be equipped to develop an informed engagement with the wider structures and relationships – political, social, and cultural – which underpin our lived experience of the artworld and shape our interpretations as scholars.

Objectives

This module aims to introduce you to the complex ways in which the discipline of art history is tied to wider institutional histories and approaches to curating and display. Through visits and key case studies, you will investigate a range of institutions locating these within theories drawn from the literature of museum studies.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Recognise key concepts, theories and literature from the fields of museology and curatorial studies.  
2. Appraise a range of approaches to the institutional practices of curating and display
3. Discuss the origins and construction of art institutions and recognise the relationship of this history to the challenges facing institutions today.
4. Investigate the institutions, spaces and cultural formations through which art, in its widest senses, is encountered

Skills Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. ETHICS: The ability to understand the moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity in any given context.
6. ACADEMIC WRITING: The ability to write in a clear, concise, focused and structured manner that is supported by relevant evidence.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	8	1.00	8.00
seminars	8	1.00	8.00
Fieldwork	2	3.00	6.00
Private study hours			178.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Structure of teaching is based on a lecture/seminar format which allows for feedback in relation to student progress. Mid semester assignment is designed to provide a progress check for L1 students who will receive written feedback which will feed forward to their final assignment.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Written Work	Written work	40.00
Written Work	Written work	60.00
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 website

Last updated: 29/04/2024 16:10:27

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