Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Craft: Practices, Concepts, Activism
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Art Hist, Cur and Vis Studies
Module Code	09 37038
Module Lead	Claire Jones
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module introduces you to key practices and concepts associated with craft. We examine craft from the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century, with its radical approach to the relationship between object and maker, to contemporary artists and makers engaging with craft, and the expanding area of craft activism. We consider questions of making, collaboration and the handmade; categories and hierarchies of the arts; place and memory; gender, class and national identity; and the collecting and curating of craft. The module explores these ideas by analysing a broad range of objects and media, from tapestries to ceramics, alongside close readings of a wide range of primary and secondary texts by makers, academics and curators.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the key artistic practices addressed in the module; Demonstrate an understanding of the place of those practices in terms of the wider cultural and social context; Display a sound knowledge of the relevant critical debates over the question of how to interpret them; Apply knowledge of those debates to the analysis of individual artists and works of art; Identity primary and secondary sources relevant to the understanding and interpretation of art featured in the module and subject them to critical analysis.
Assessment	37038-01 : 4000-word essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: One 4,000-word essay (100%). Reassessment: Re-submission of 4,000-word essay (100%)
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