School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Site Specific, Immersive and Participatory Performance
  • Unit Code

    BPA2006
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

This unit focuses on site-specific, immersive and participatory styles of performance that take place outside of a traditional theatre venue. Students are introduced to the theory and history of this approach to making work including how to consider First Nations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and the cultural significance of site-based work. Students are made aware of the creative and practical opportunities and challenges of this kind of work through critically examining existing works by well-known practitioners. They apply knowledge and understanding of the theory and history in this field to conceive, develop and present ideas for their own hypothetical, original site-specific, immersive or participatory performance project.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y97.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Communicate creative ideas for site-based work in industry relevant formats.
  2. Research a site or location to create site- specific performance.
  3. Apply historical and theoretical knowledge of site-specific, immersive or participatory performance to the development of new project ideas.

Unit Content

  1. Managing groups including community stakeholder relations in a hypothetical performance setting.
  2. Enhanced technology learning such as ePortfolios.
  3. Research for site-specific performance including considering history, story, architecture, current use, and community or other.
  4. Awareness of and sensitivity to First Nations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and the cultural significance of site-based work.
  5. Critical discussion of practice and the use of critical feedback to develop ideas for performance.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 1.5 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 2 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationVideo Presentation Pitch40%
Portfolio ^Portfolio or ePortfolio60%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Site Specific, Immersive and Participatory Performance
  • Unit Code

    BPA2006
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

This unit focuses on site-specific, immersive and participatory styles of performance that take place outside of a traditional theatre venue. Students are introduced to the theory and history of this approach to making work including how to consider First Nations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and the cultural significance of site-based work. Students are made aware of the creative and practical opportunities and challenges of this kind of work through critically examining existing works by well-known practitioners. They apply knowledge and understanding of the theory and history in this field to conceive, develop and present ideas for their own hypothetical, original site-specific, immersive or participatory performance project.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y97.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Communicate creative ideas for site-based work in industry relevant formats.
  2. Research a site or location to create site- specific performance.
  3. Apply historical and theoretical knowledge of site-specific, immersive or participatory performance to the development of new project ideas.

Unit Content

  1. Managing groups including community stakeholder relations in a hypothetical performance setting.
  2. Enhanced technology learning such as ePortfolios.
  3. Research for site-specific performance including considering history, story, architecture, current use, and community or other.
  4. Awareness of and sensitivity to First Nations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and the cultural significance of site-based work.
  5. Critical discussion of practice and the use of critical feedback to develop ideas for performance.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 1.5 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 2 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationVideo Presentation Pitch40%
Portfolio ^Portfolio or ePortfolio60%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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