VIS 8000 Post Colonial Studies

SubjectCat-NbrClassTermModeDescriptionUnitsCampus
VIS8000209451, 2003ONCPost Colonial Studies2.00TWMBA
Academic Group:FOART
Academic Org:FOA007
HECS Band:1
ASCED Code:100300

Contents


STAFFING:

Examiner: Robyn Stewart
Moderator: Ann-Maree Reaney



RATIONALE:

It is important that at a Masters level students have a high degree of awareness of contemporary cross-cultural issues in Visual Arts theory and practice in the Asia-Pacific region and are able to locate their work within a post-colonial Australian context.


SYNOPSIS:

This study is related to contemporary visual arts practice in Post- Colonial Australia with specific reference to its Indigenous and Asia- Pacific contexts. This includes the investigation and interaction between cultural production, cultural difference and multiple traditions which form and increasingly inform contemporary visual arts praxis.


OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • demonstrate an empirical understanding of cross-cultural issues as they relate to visual arts and crafts practices;

  • demonstrate a high degree of understanding of visual aesthetics particularly in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region;

  • contextualise contemporary Colonial and Post-Colonial theories as they relate to their chosen field of practice;

  • demonstrate advanced skills in conceptualising, planning and researching contemporary theoretical issues as they relate to their studio-based work and to underpin ultimately a public exhibition, performance or publication.



    • TOPICS:


    DescriptionWeighting (%)
    1. Theorising Post-colonialism: discourse and identity
    		 15.00
    2. Theorising gender
    		 15.00
    3. Theorising the West
    		 15.00
    4. Theorising colonized culture and anti-colonial transgressions
    		 15.00
    5. Crossing Borders: visual hybridities
    		 15.00
    6. Asia-Pacific Triennial: curatorial paradigms
    		 15.00
    7. Imperalist slippages
    		 10.00

    REFERENCE MATERIALS:

    Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

    VIS 8000 Study Book and Book of Readings

    McLean, I 1998, White Aborigines: Identity Politics in Australian Art, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.

    (ISBN 0521584167)




    STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

    ACTIVITYHOURS
    Private Study271
    Tutorial or Electronic Discussion26


    ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

    DescriptionMarks Out ofWtg(%)RequiredDue Date
    DRAFT LITERATURE REVIEW100.00100.00Y27 Jun 2003(see note )
    NOTES:
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    Assessment Description: Draft Literature Review Contextualising Post-Colonial Discourses. Students will be graded on a 'Pass', 'Incomplete', 'Fail' basis.