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Art is a lightning rod for protest. Whether as vehicle or target, the formal qualities and symbolic values of art can generate the impulse to act. This course investigates key objects that place art front and centre in the urgent issues and debates of our time as well as those of the past.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 2 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Art is a lightning rod for protest. Whether as vehicle or target, the formal qualities and symbolic values of art can generate the impulse to act against it or make it a site of protest, polarising people and institutions often to shocking effect – from religious iconoclasm to political satire, the Suffragettes to the Women's Liberation Movement, and more recently soup thrown on Van Goghs and sculptures toppled into canals. This course investigates key objects that place art front and centre in the urgent issues and debates of our time but also throughout history, including climate change, social equality, religious belief and political dissent.
Through analysis of artworks and texts that capture action and response, ranging across newspapers, manifestos and scholarly literature, we will explore the links between art and protest throughout history. Debate will be centred on core ideas of activism, iconoclasm and vandalism amongst others.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided plus follow-up verbal feedback if required. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Gain an understanding of the link between art and protest, past and present. |
| Factual | Apply | Demonstrate an awareness of the intersections of artworks and acts of protest, developed through class discussion and measured through written assessments. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Develop ability to search for and critically appraise relevant primary and secondary sources. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 8 | Feedback Weeks | 11 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided plus follow-up verbal feedback if required. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Apply | Demonstrate an awareness of the intersections of artworks and acts of protest, developed through class discussion and measured through written assessments. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Develop ability to search for and critically appraise relevant primary and secondary sources. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 5 | Feedback Weeks | 7 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided plus follow-up verbal feedback if required. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Apply | Demonstrate an awareness of the intersections of artworks and acts of protest, developed through class discussion and measured through written assessments. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided plus follow-up verbal feedback if required. |
Word Count | 3500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Gain an understanding of the link between art and protest, past and present. |
| Factual | Apply | Demonstrate an awareness of the intersections of artworks and acts of protest, developed through class discussion and measured through written assessments. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Develop ability to search for and critically appraise relevant primary and secondary sources. |
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