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Module

FIN2019 : Feminist and Queer Approaches to Modern and Contemporary Art

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Fiona Anderson
  • Owning School: Arts & Cultures
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
  • Capacity limit: 30 student places
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

Aims

This module examines how gender and sexuality have impacted art making and art history from the 1960s to the present. We will explore efforts to write feminist and queer histories of art, examine the relationship of women, non-binary and gender non-conforming people, and LGBTQ+ people to mainstream art histories, museums and galleries, how they have created their own spaces for and modes of community building, art and exhibition making, and think about what it might mean to make art that is feminist or queer in the past and the present.

Outline Of Syllabus

Through lectures, seminars, and gallery visits, we will explore topics such as art and domesticity, feminism and textiles, HIV/AIDS, queer and feminist curating, trans visibility, photography and queer worldmaking, archives, memory and history. We will take an expansive approach to the subject, considering the ways in which experiences and understanding of gender and sexuality intersect with racialisation, ethnicity, class, and national identity. We will look at artists working in a range of media, including painting, photography, film, performance, sculpture, and installation, and in a range of countries in Europe, Africa, North and South America.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion150:0050:0010 hours for Formative Assessment 40 hours for Summative Assessment
Structured Guided LearningLecture materials111:0011:00Online lecture materials.
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture111:0011:00In-person lectures.
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading113:0033:00Lecture and seminar preparation
Structured Guided LearningStructured research and reading activities111:0011:00Online asynchronous seminar enhancement.
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching111:0011:00In-person seminars.
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study173:0073:00Independent Study
Total200:00
Jointly Taught With
Code Title
FIN3019Feminist and Queer Approaches to Modern and Contemporary Art
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The module will revolve around weekly lecture materials, delivered both in person (1-hr per week) and online (1-hr per week) via ReCAP. These will be supplemented by in-person seminars and asynchronous structured learning activities in order to foster group discussion and analysis.

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.

Online lecture materials shared via ReCAP (including pre-recorded interviews, artist moving image work): 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. These are broken down into smaller sections for ease of online digestion.

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.

Asynchronous structured learning activities: to develop essay writing skills, close reading skills, visual analysis, and better encourage interaction between peers in their analysis and discussion of the course content.

Nb. In person lectures and seminars can move to synchronous and asynchronous online delivery as required in response to pandemic-related restrictions.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Essay2A1002000 words
Formative Assessments

Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.

Description Semester When Set Comment
Case study2MCase study analysis
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The essay affords the student the opportunity to conduct academic research into a topic relating to the course, from a selection of questions set by the course organiser. These questions will be oriented towards encouraging students to engage closely with the practices studied on the course. This assessment will be supported by discussions during seminars.

The case study analysis offers the chance to hone writing and analytical skills in advance of the essay in a formative and less pressurised context. The formative nature of the assessment will permit fast feedback, allowing the case study analysis to feed fully into the summative essay.

Reading Lists

Timetable