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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA 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

    Arts Issues

  • Unit Code

    MAP5115

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

An exploration of the theories which underpin contemporary practices, performances and exhibitions of modern art. Students will analyse and debate a broad range of issues associated with contemporary and traditional arts, including topics such as the new arts, significance of arts in society, the life and health of an artist, quality in the arts, inter-cultural development, and cultural integrity in the arts and multi-cultural arts.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Acquire a body of knowledge of contemporary and related issues which will inform their research context.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to explore, select and understand contemporary theoretical issues.
  3. Gain the necessary knowledge for conducting significant research in the arts.
  4. Place their own art practice within a current international theoretical context.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary arts issues, including topics such as the life and health of the artist, research and development of new work in the arts, and paying the piper - issues associated with arts sponsorship.
  2. Cultural integrity in the arts vs cultural pillaging.
  3. Historical overview of traditional arts issues, and their development over time.
  4. Issues to be covered include (but not necessarily limited to) the following:-
  5. Multi-cultural arts.
  6. The global arts.
  7. The new arts.
  8. The significance of the arts in society.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Weekly lecture and seminar, plus monthly tutorials with staff and students.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
AssignmentGroup assignments
ReviewPerformance attendance and review writing
EssayCritical essay (3 - 4,000 words)

Text References

  • ^ Fishel, D. (1993). The arts sponsorship handbook, United Kingdom: The Bath Press.
  • ^ Gill, L A. (1990). The Arts: Do we need them? United Kingdom: Franklin Watts.
  • ^ Smith, A. (1992). What are the arts for? A discussion document as part of the National Arts and Media Strategy. United Kingdom: Arts Council of Great Britain.
  • ^ Arts Council of Great Britain. (1993). A creative future, United Kingdom: Arts Council of Great Britain.
  • Jones, S. (Ed.). (2009). Expressive lives, Collection 27. London: Demos.
  • Kershaw, B. (1999). The radical in performance: Between Brecht and Baudrillard. London: Routledge.

Journal References

  • Baker, G. (2003). Nietzsche, Artaud, and tragic politics. Comparative Literature, 55(1 Winter). Retrieved 10 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/4122327 1-23.
  • Diamond, E. (1985). Refusing the romanticism of identity: Narrative interventions Churchill, Benmussa, Duras. Theatre Journal, 37(3). Retrieved 22 September, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/3206848 273-286.
  • Grotowski, J., & Biagini, M. (1999).Untitled, signed in Pontedera, Italy, July 4 1998. Tulane Drama Review, 43(2 Summer). Retrieved 16 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/1146750 11-21.
  • Meyerhold, V., & Bessoon, N. (1960). On the theatre. Tulane Drama Review, 4(4). 134-148.
  • Protopapa, E. (2007). A phantom in contemporary European choreography: What is Beckett doing to us dance-makers? Can we do something to him in return? or, a series of realizations, three instances and an afterthought. Performance Research, 12(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13528160601398008 20-34.
  • Puchner, M. (2002). Manifesto=theatre. Theatre Journal, 54(3). Retrieved 10 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/25069096 449-465.
  • Gontarski, S.E. (2000). The body in the body of Beckett's theater. Samuel Beckett: "Endlessness in the year 2000/fin sans fin en l'an 2000," edited by/edite par Moorjani, A., &/et Veit, C. Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourdi'hui, 9. 169-177.
  • Butler, J. (1998). Performative acts and gender constitution: An essay in phenomenology and feminist theory author(s). Theatre Journal, 40(4). Retrieved 16 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/3207893 519-531.

^ Mandatory reference

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: WA 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

    Arts Issues

  • Unit Code

    MAP5115

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

An exploration of the theories which underpin contemporary practices, performances and exhibitions of modern art. Students will analyse and debate a broad range of issues associated with contemporary and traditional arts, including topics such as the new arts, significance of arts in society, the life and health of an artist, quality in the arts, inter-cultural development, and cultural integrity in the arts and multi-cultural arts.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Acquire a body of knowledge of contemporary and related issues which will inform their research context.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to explore, select and understand contemporary theoretical issues.
  3. Gain the necessary knowledge for conducting significant research in the arts.
  4. Place their own art practice within a current international theoretical context.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary arts issues, including topics such as the life and health of the artist, research and development of new work in the arts, and paying the piper - issues associated with arts sponsorship.
  2. Cultural integrity in the arts vs cultural pillaging.
  3. Historical overview of traditional arts issues, and their development over time.
  4. Issues to be covered include (but not necessarily limited to) the following:-
  5. Multi-cultural arts.
  6. The global arts.
  7. The new arts.
  8. The significance of the arts in society.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Weekly lecture and seminar, plus monthly tutorials with staff and students.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
AssignmentGroup assignments
ReviewPerformance attendance and review writing
EssayCritical essay (3 - 4,000 words)

Text References

  • ^ Fishel, D. (1993). The arts sponsorship handbook, United Kingdom: The Bath Press.
  • ^ Gill, L A. (1990). The Arts: Do we need them? United Kingdom: Franklin Watts.
  • ^ Smith, A. (1992). What are the arts for? A discussion document as part of the National Arts and Media Strategy. United Kingdom: Arts Council of Great Britain.
  • ^ Arts Council of Great Britain. (1993). A creative future, United Kingdom: Arts Council of Great Britain.
  • Kershaw, B. (1999). The radical in performance: Between Brecht and Baudrillard. London: Routledge.
  • Jones, S. (Ed.). (2009). Expressive lives, Collection 27. London: Demos.

Journal References

  • Baker, G. (2003). Nietzsche, Artaud, and tragic politics. Comparative Literature, 55(1 Winter). Retrieved 10 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/4122327 1-23.
  • Butler, J. (1998). Performative acts and gender constitution: An essay in phenomenology and feminist theory author(s). Theatre Journal, 40(4). Retrieved 16 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/3207893 519-531.
  • Grotowski, J., & Biagini, M. (1999).Untitled, signed in Pontedera, Italy, July 4 1998. Tulane Drama Review, 43(2 Summer). Retrieved 16 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/1146750 11-21.
  • Meyerhold, V., & Bessoon, N. (1960). On the theatre. Tulane Drama Review, 4(4). 134-148.
  • Protopapa, E. (2007). A phantom in contemporary European choreography: What is Beckett doing to us dance-makers? Can we do something to him in return? or, a series of realizations, three instances and an afterthought. Performance Research, 12(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13528160601398008 20-34.
  • Puchner, M. (2002). Manifesto=theatre. Theatre Journal, 54(3). Retrieved 10 July, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/25069096 449-465.
  • Gontarski, S.E. (2000). The body in the body of Beckett's theater. Samuel Beckett: "Endlessness in the year 2000/fin sans fin en l'an 2000," edited by/edite par Moorjani, A., &/et Veit, C. Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourdi'hui, 9. 169-177.
  • Diamond, E. (1985). Refusing the romanticism of identity: Narrative interventions Churchill, Benmussa, Duras. Theatre Journal, 37(3). Retrieved 22 September, 2009, from http://www/jstor.org/stable/3206848 273-286.

^ Mandatory reference

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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