FIN2030 : Art and Protest (Inactive)
FIN2030 : Art and Protest (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Fiona Anderson
- Owning School: Arts & Cultures
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
European Credit Transfer System | |
Pre-requisite
Modules you must have done previously to study this module
Code | Title |
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FIN1013 | Art Histories I |
FIN1014 | Art Histories II |
Pre Requisite Comment
N/A
Co-Requisite
Modules you need to take at the same time
Co Requisite Comment
N/A
Aims
This module looks at how and why artists from the mid-nineteenth-century to the present, in a range of countries and cultural contexts, have used art in political ways: to express discontent publicly, to create a safe space for political dissent, to deal with the experience of discrimination or disenfranchisement, or to bring about political change through artistic means. We will investigate how artists have engaged with politics and activism through the form, material, and content of their work, as well as through the contexts of display.
Outline Of Syllabus
The module begins by examining the development of a politically radical artistic avant-garde in France and Britain in the late-nineteenth century and the impact of these movements on the development of political art histories in the twentieth century. The lectures are structured thematically and will explore topics such as civil disobedience; appropriation and collage; documentation and witnessing; violence and the right to revolt by any means necessary; art and immigration, and viral aesthetics, and conclude by thinking about how to exhibit protest cultures and activist objects in the present. We will look at an international range of politicised art movements and activist groups, including the Dadaists, the Situationist International, the Art Workers Coalition, Fluxus, Asco, the Guerrilla Girls, the Black Panthers, and Brazilian Neo-Concretists and Conceptualists.
Learning Outcomes
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
On completion of Art and Protest, students should have knowledge of:
Different forms of visual responses and practices related to issues surrounding art and protest.
Contextual factors – asethetic, social, political, economic and institutional – that influence the creation of artworks, their exhibition and reception.
Key artists, theorists and their tenets.
A range of interpretational artworks.
Intended Skill Outcomes
On completion of Art and Protest, students should have developed skills in:
Presenting information and ideas in a clear and engaging manner.
Researching a topic, making productive use of the library and appropriate online resources.
Engaging with interdisciplinary texts and evaluating appropriate material to inform relevant debates.
Evaluating information, ideas and theoretical and ideological points of view in order to reach independent conclusions.
Discussions within a group context.
Visual analysis.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 60:00 | 60:00 | N/A |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 22 | 1:00 | 22:00 | N/A |
Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 26:00 | 26:00 | Seminar preparation |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | Office Hours |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 11 | 1:00 | 11:00 | Seminars |
Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 78:00 | 78:00 | N/A |
Total | 200:00 |
Jointly Taught With
Code | Title |
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FIN3040 | Art and Protest |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
1. Lectures: to allow definition of the scope of the syllabus, an introduction to a body of knowledge, and modelling of the level and nature of the analysis required.
2. Seminars: to encourage interaction and the development of cognitive and key skills; to allow preparation and presentation of directed research on specific issues and case studies.
3. Tutorials: to provide feedback and analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of submitted work, and increase awareness of the potential for individual development.
Reading Lists
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Essay | 2 | M | 50 | 2500 words |
Written exercise | 2 | M | 50 | 1500 word analysis assignment |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The coursework affords the student the opportunity to conduct research with seminar and peer support into particular areas of interest, to develop their organisational, group work and presentational skills in reporting back to the group and then to demonstrate their ability to think independently using their seminar discussion to inform their individual assignments. Assignments are targeted to develop critical thinking, the ability to develop an argument, visual analysis and theoretical comprehension.
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- FIN2030's Timetable
Past Exam Papers
- Exam Papers Online : www.ncl.ac.uk/exam.papers/
- FIN2030's past Exam Papers
General Notes
N/A
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