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This core course applies two methodological approaches to art and Christianity: the theoretical and the curatorial. It engages with key critical literature fostering debate around the making, reception and display of Christian visual culture. Beyond the classroom, it engages with Christian art displayed in various sites and institutions in Aberdeen, allowing students to interact with curators and custodians. The course provides academic training and support for coursework and the final dissertation.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Session | Second Sub Session | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course offers students an opportunity to engage with theoretical and curatorial approaches to art and Christianity, from reading groups that discuss seminal texts to site visits that provoke consideration of display strategies and communication of objects belonging to an historic and lived religion. It is team-taught between Art History and Divinity.
During the course, students are encouraged to develop their own research questions in a supportive environment and to build on their own interests by taking on board their commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue. The history of interdisciplinary approaches to the past and present will form a platform for reflecting on its advantages and disadvantages in their own work.
Students will participate in organised fieldtrips to locations such as: the late medieval Kings Chapel and St Machar's Cathedral in old Aberdeen, the 19th-century revivalist churches of St Nicholas and St Andrews, Provost Skene’s House and Aberdeen Art Gallery in central Aberdeen. They will meet with curators and custodians to engage with issues of collecting, display and care as part of daily usage and/or afterlives of devotional objects.
Students will be introduced to the many physical and digital resources available when addressing their area of research interest and for their postgraduate degree more broadly. The aim of the course is to act as a platform in the making of independent and confident interdisciplinary researchers and to respond to students needs in tackling the bigger questions in their respective fields.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 39 | Feedback Weeks | 41 | |
| Feedback |
3,000-word small research project. Written feedback; in-person feedback on request. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrate knowledge of how to construct research questions within an interdisciplinary context. |
| Factual | Understand | Demonstrate a broad understanding of issues pertaining to the collecting and custodianship of Christian art and architecture. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the critical and ethical debates around the function and display of Christian artefacts. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written academic work in diverse forms. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 39 | Feedback Weeks | 41 | |
| Feedback |
Each week, students should submit two images relevant to the week’s site visit or class topic and write a 300-500-word response via MyAberdeen/Padlet. A final reflective statement will be added at the end. These are to be submitted at least a day before the scheduled seminar for the course coordinator to read and prepare to enfold into the seminar discussion. Students will be asked to select their 5 best submissions (out of a possible 10) and add a final reflective statement for submission at the end of the term. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Understand | Demonstrate a broad understanding of issues pertaining to the collecting and custodianship of Christian art and architecture. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the critical and ethical debates around the function and display of Christian artefacts. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written academic work in diverse forms. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 32 | |
| Feedback |
1,500-word book review essay. Written feedback; in-person feedback on request. |
Word Count | 1500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrate knowledge of how to construct research questions within an interdisciplinary context. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the critical and ethical debates around the function and display of Christian artefacts. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written academic work in diverse forms. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
6000-word resit essay if student fails all coursework. An equivalent resit will otherwise be offered for a single failed component. Students are required to submit new work and not previously submitted work. Written feedback; in-person feedback on request |
Word Count | 6000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrate knowledge of how to construct research questions within an interdisciplinary context. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics |
| Factual | Understand | Demonstrate a broad understanding of issues pertaining to the collecting and custodianship of Christian art and architecture. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the critical and ethical debates around the function and display of Christian artefacts. |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written academic work in diverse forms. |
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