AR118-4-AU-CO:
Culture, Work and Society
2015/16
Art History and Theory
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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Requisites for this module
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BA V314 Art History,
BA V350 Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA V35A Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV31 Art History and History,
BA VV3C Art History and History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VR39 Art History and Modern Languages,
BA V3R9 Art History with Modern Languages,
BA PV33 Film Studies and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VW36 Film Studies and Art History,
BA QV23 Literature and Art History,
BA QV2H Literature and Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA QV32 Literature and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV53 Philosophy and Art History,
BA VV5H Philosophy and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA V351 Curating,
BA V352 Curating (Including Year Abroad),
BA V359 Curating (Including Foundation Year),
BA V35B Curating (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad)
Module Description (updated April 2015)
This employability module offers an introduction to critical approaches to the changing role of cultural work in society and the contexts of the cultural industries. We will develop a critical understanding of what art and culture are, and how their production has changed since 1989. We will look at the changing shape of culture during this period across public and commercial artistic production, from public art galleries to commercial marketing. We will situate ourselves in this history by reference to to top-down changes in cultural policy, and different bottom-up theoretical approaches to art, culture and work.
Aims
to introduce students to the broad field of cultural labour and the various roles they might pursue within it, understanding the skills, attitudes and competencies sought by employers in a capitalist market;
to develop students' critical approach to situating themselves in the world of cultural work, understanding the changing humanities graduate labour market;
to develop self-reflective tools and practices of judgement, critique and strategy for the personal employability development of competencies, critiques and practices for living in a capitalist society;
Being able to effectively articulate and present themselves in a tailored CV, covering letter, application form and interview.
Learning Outcomes
a sound grasp of broad trends in cultural policy and the changing employment market for cultural labour;
The confidence and ability to develop their own strategic understanding of their place in the world and entrepreneurially identify and pursue opportunities and risks in the world of cultural work;
Confidence in dealing with job interviews and applications.
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Learning and Teaching Methods
10 x 2 hour seminars - Module Directory/ University's On-line Timetable
1 x gallery visit
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Book/Film Review |
|
40% |
| Coursework |
CV and Covering Letter |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Autumn Term Essay 1 |
|
50% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Gavin Grindon
Barbara Brickman, First Year Administrator
Email: bbrick@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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