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Unit description
Explores key debates in art history and visual culture that have been central to a range of post-1960s art practices. Distinctions between Modern, Postmodern and Contemporary art will be addressed through theoretical frameworks such as feminism, post-colonialism, phenomenology, new technology, globalisation, capitalism and digital culture.
Unit content
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Postmodernism
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Pop Art
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Site-specific art
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Conceptual Art
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Art and Activism
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Pictures Generation
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Post-structuralism
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Critical theory
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Feminism
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Visual and theoretical analysis
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | articulate the conditions and contradictions of key discourses relevant to post-1960s art and visual culture | Intellectual rigour | | | | | | Cultural competence |
| 2 | articulate the relation between a range of art practices and critical theories relevant to post-1960s art | Intellectual rigour | | | | | | |
| 3 | demonstrate visual analysis skills | | | | | | | Cultural competence |
| 4 | demonstrate intermediate-level critical writing skills | | | | | | | Cultural competence |
| 5 | produce original and historically accurate research that draws from academic sources | | | | | Lifelong learning | | |
| 6 | summarise the similarities and differences between modern and postmodern art. | | | | | Lifelong learning | | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- articulate the conditions and contradictions of key discourses relevant to post-1960s art and visual culture
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA7:
Cultural competence
- articulate the relation between a range of art practices and critical theories relevant to post-1960s art
- demonstrate visual analysis skills
- demonstrate intermediate-level critical writing skills
- produce original and historically accurate research that draws from academic sources
- summarise the similarities and differences between modern and postmodern art.
Prescribed texts
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.