Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Design and create an assessment output that demonstrates problem-solving and effective communication techniques
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Creative engagement with key ideas and debates in curatorial practice and their professional contexts and challenges
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critique, synthesise and apply best practice in designing curatorial projects
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use inclusive, ethical and sustainable practices to design and evaluate an assessment output evidencing techniques and research methods
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 252 |
Teaching | 48 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Krasny, Elke (2024). Urban Curating: Care, Repair, Refuse, Resist. Transcript: Independent Academic Publishing.
Kate Gray, Sarah Mossop, Emily Pethick, Marijke Steedman, (2012, pp. 103 – 120) in (2012). Why Do Galleries Work Beyond The Site of The Institution? in Marijke Steedman (ed.), Gallery as Community: Art, Education, Politics. London: The Whitechapel Gallery.
Fowle, Kate in O’Neill, Paul and Wilson, Mick (eds.). pp. 153 – 172 (2014). Action Research: Generative Curatorial Practices. London: Curating Research.
Belting, Hans, Buddensieg, Andrea, and Weibel, Peter (eds.) (2013). The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds. Germany and London and Cambridge: MA: ZKM - Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and The MIT Press.
Badovinac, Zdenka (2022). Unannounced Voices: Curatorial Practice and Changing Institutions. Berlin: Stenberg Press.
Von Bismarck, Beatrice (2022). The Curatorial Condition. Berlin: Stenberg Press.
Graham, Janna, McQuay, Marie-Anne, Steedman, Marijke, Vicars, Natasha. 'Inherent Tensions' in Marijke Steedman (ed.) Gallery as Community: Art, Education, Politics. London: The Whitechapel Gallery..
Martinon, Jean-Paul (ed.) (2014). The Curatorial: A Philosophy of Curating. London and New York: Bloomsbury..
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Group presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Peer review; tutorial
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: Yes
- Percentage contribution: 100%
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Practice Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Practice Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Practice Portfolio | 100% |