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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and 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

    Visual Culture and Subversive Ideas

  • Unit Code

    CCA3100

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

Description

This unit considers what is 'subversive' and/or 'seditious' in the arts and media with a particular emphasis on film and visual culture. The question will be examined from contemporary and historical viewpoints. Themes examined include censorship, cultural differences, the corporate world, national identity, the portrayal of religion, the political world and culture jamming. Examples and case studies will be taken from visual arts as well as the performing arts and literature.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse historical and contemporary examples of censorship in the arts and media.
  2. Analyse the portrayal of religion, cultural difference and national identity in media and film.
  3. Discuss the concepts of subversion, sedition and political correctness as applied to the arts and media.
  4. Examine the role of the 'artist' in contemporary society.

Unit Content

  1. Censorship.
  2. Cultural Differences and National Identity.
  3. Culture Jamming.
  4. Mass Media, Political Correctness and Sedition.
  5. Religion and Blasphemy.
  6. Subversion and seditio.
  7. The Corporate World.
  8. The Political World.
  9. The post 9/11/world.
  10. The role of the 'artist' in contemporary society.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Tutorials.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationTutorial Presentation and Participation30%
AssignmentGroup Project30%
AssignmentEssay or Creative Project and Exegesis40%

Text References

  • Bakan, J. (2005). The corporation: The pathological pursuit of profit and power. New York: Free Press.
  • Becker, C. (Ed.) (1994). The subversive imagination: Artists, society, and social responsibility. New York: Routledge.
  • Kazantzakis, N. (2003). The last temptation. London: Faber and Faber.
  • Larner, J. (2005). Moore and us: The rise of Michael Moore and his quest for a new world order. London: Sanctuary.
  • Taylor, B. (1990). Nazification of Art: Art, design, architecture music and film in [the] third reich. Winchester, Hampshire: Winchester Press, Winchester School of Art.
  • Moore, M. ( 2003). Dude, Where's my country. London: Penguin.
  • Orwell, G. (1984). Nineteen eighty-four. London: Secker and Warburg.
  • Rockmore,T. et al. (2005). The philosophical challenge of September 11. Malden, Mass: Blackwell.
  • Miles, H. (2005). Al-Jazeera: How arab TV news challenged the world. London: Abacus.

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and 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

    Visual Culture and Subversive Ideas

  • Unit Code

    CCA3100

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

Description

This unit considers what is 'subversive' and/or 'seditious' in the arts and media with a particular emphasis on film and visual culture. The question will be examined from contemporary and historical viewpoints. Themes examined include censorship, cultural differences, the corporate world, national identity, the portrayal of religion, the political world and culture jamming. Examples and case studies will be taken from visual arts as well as the performing arts and literature.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse historical and contemporary examples of censorship in the arts and media.
  2. Analyse the portrayal of religion, cultural difference and national identity in media and film.
  3. Discuss the concepts of subversion, sedition and political correctness as applied to the arts and media.
  4. Examine the role of the 'artist' in contemporary society.

Unit Content

  1. Censorship.
  2. Cultural Differences and National Identity.
  3. Culture Jamming.
  4. Mass Media, Political Correctness and Sedition.
  5. Religion and Blasphemy.
  6. Subversion and seditio.
  7. The Corporate World.
  8. The Political World.
  9. The post 9/11/world.
  10. The role of the 'artist' in contemporary society.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Tutorials.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationTutorial Presentation and Participation30%
AssignmentGroup Project30%
AssignmentEssay or Creative Project and Exegesis40%

Text References

  • Bakan, J. (2005). The corporation: The pathological pursuit of profit and power. New York: Free Press.
  • Becker, C. (Ed.) (1994). The subversive imagination: Artists, society, and social responsibility. New York: Routledge.
  • Kazantzakis, N. (2003). The last temptation. London: Faber and Faber.
  • Larner, J. (2005). Moore and us: The rise of Michael Moore and his quest for a new world order. London: Sanctuary.
  • Taylor, B. (1990). Nazification of Art: Art, design, architecture music and film in [the] third reich. Winchester, Hampshire: Winchester Press, Winchester School of Art.
  • Moore, M. ( 2003). Dude, Where's my country. London: Penguin.
  • Orwell, G. (1984). Nineteen eighty-four. London: Secker and Warburg.
  • Rockmore,T. et al. (2005). The philosophical challenge of September 11. Malden, Mass: Blackwell.
  • Miles, H. (2005). Al-Jazeera: How arab TV news challenged the world. London: Abacus.

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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