Postgraduate Course: The Cultures and Politics of Display (HIAR11038)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course studies curation as a subject in itself. Curation is analysed as a practice with longstanding traditions and conventions of different kinds (the 'cultures' of the title) and value systems (the 'politics'). These cultures and politics are shown to vary in different situations. The course also shows how institutional cultures and politics can be challenged by new forms of curatorial practice. 'Interpretation' (the provision of education materials in curating) is a key topic, as is, normally, the curation of film in museum/gallery space, and the costs involved in curating an exhibition. The course is taught by staff from within the University of Edinburgh with experience of curating, as well as curatorial staff from institutions including (typically) the National Galleries of Scotland, the Fruitmarket Gallery, and the Talbot Rice gallery. Lectues by staff from outside the University of Edinburgh will often take place in appropriate sites (eg. mususms) outside the University. Weekly lectures are supplemented by work in small groups (Autonomous Learning Groups) which produce a weekly blog post, or equivalent to be determined by the course organiser.
The course involves a significant amount of group work. Students typically will work independently in small groups for an hour each week, collaborating on a weekly blog post or equivalent. This constitutes formative, not formal assessment |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 55 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
3,000 word essay on a topic provided by the course organiser in week 2. |
| Feedback |
Feedback is provided on formative assessments as follows: written or verbal feedback on class presentations and one-to-one feedback on essay plans.
Students are expected to assimilate all feedback and apply when working on their essays.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- A good general understanding of range of contemporary curatorial practices, from those in large art instititions, to alternative practices by individuals and small collectives.
- A good understanding of key terms and concepts in contemporary curatorial practice
- The ability to analyse an exhibition in detail in terms of key curatorial concepts
- The ability to make a reasoned value judgement about an exhibition
- The ability to work sucessfully in groups to produce collaborative texts, or similar
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Chia-Ling Yang
Tel: (0131 6)51 1370
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Course secretary | Miss Siobhan Byron
Tel: (0131 6)51 5744
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