https://courseoutline.auckland.ac.nz/dco/course/FINEARTS/244/1213

FINEARTS 244 : Embodiment, Identity and Agency: Art and Audience

Creative Arts and Industries

2021 Semester One (1213) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Explores the role of the audience in art and examines the work of artists and writers who have challenged assumptions about audience. Students will make creative work with a particular audience in mind using their own choice of means and/or modes of encounter. They will explore how to negotiate the ethics of working with others, including working with mana whenua.

Course Overview

“The question of “Who will speak?” is less crucial than “who will listen”?’
(Spivak 1990, p.59)”
This course will draw from histories of social and site-specific practices to explore ways of meaningfully negotiating relationships between artist/ artworks/ institutions, and communities/audiences/site. In doing so we will consider ideas of identity, embodiment and agency.
You will undertake research into historical, practical, and ethical aspects of the idea of the “encounter”. Working with the knowledge and methods gained from this research, you will deliver a new project (or project proposal) that works with its communities/ site to generate the final outcome. As well as considering the question of HOW do I understand and encounter an audience/ public/ site, students are also expected to consider which audiences /communities /site one might engage, and why, - within our specific context of Aotearoa, and Moana Nui a Kiwa.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: FINEARTS 101, 102, 103, 104, or FINEARTS 110, 113 and FINEARTS 111 or 112

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Fine Arts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. to demonstrate an understanding of, and engagement with contextual material relevant to the course (Capability 1.3, 2.1 and 2.3)
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical components of their project (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1 and 5.1)
  3. demonstrate critical thinking in relation to their project design and, where appropriate, its delivery. (Capability 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3)
  4. Develop and demonstrate appropriate skills, methodologies, processes required for working with others; individuals, communities and / or environments. (Capability 1.1, 2.3, 3.1, 5.1 and 6.2)
  5. demonstrate a consideration of their projects material and conceptual resolution in relation to its audience / community. (Capability 2.1, 2.3, 3.2 and 4.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Portfolio 30% Individual Coursework
Coursework 65% Individual Coursework
Reflection 5% Individual Coursework
3 types 100%
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5
Portfolio
Coursework
Reflection

Teaching & Learning Methods

Based in kanohi ki te kanohi environments, learning occurs through:
making, thinking, dialogue and reflection. In undertaking these activities, diverse perspectives are shared, and knowledge, concepts and experience - relevant to the field of contemporary art, are gained. 

Specific learning formats include:
case studies
group discussions 
group critiques
small group workshops
1-1's with both colleagues and your tutor
lectures (and where appropriate) seminars

Workload Expectations

Student workload :

300 hours in one semester comprising of: 72 studio contact hours (6 hrs per week)

24 hours of preparatory reading (2 hrs per week)

 204 hours of assessed self-study (17 hrs per week)

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is expected in studio to complete components of the course.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Health & Safety

Elam School of Fine Arts places the highest priority on ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of its staff and students. We are equally committed to creative freedom, but this does not mean we shouldn’t concern ourselves with the risks we take in our creative practice. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the Health, Safety and Wellbeing guidelines for Elam students – these can be found under Files on Canvas.

Whilst engaged in this course, students are expected to follow University and Elam guidelines on respectful and inclusive behaviour with each other: in person, and, by email, zoom or other communication methods. This includes during class time, and, whilst communicating outside of class time with your colleagues and your lecturer/s.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

In the event of unexpected disruption

We undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions, the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. In the event of a disruption, the University and your course coordinators will make every effort to provide you with up to date information via Canvas and the University website.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 17/12/2020 03:07 p.m.