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In this course, art histories in Aotearoa New Zealand are explored through looking at a range of works deriving from Maori, Paheka, and Pacific traditions. These paintings, sculptures, and buildings have been selected for their rich entanglements with debates around art, culture, and society, and the course links these works and their creators with broader contexts, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
In this course, art in Aotearoa New Zealand is explored through looking at a range of works deriving from Māori, Pāhekā, and Pacific traditions. These works include paintings, carvings and buildings, and they have been selected for their rich entanglements with debates around art, culture, and society. This course explores the works in relation to their broad contexts, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
This course is designed to help participants develop:1. an understanding of the constructed and culturally-specific nature of ideas about art2. an understanding of the role of institutions in constructing art histories in Aotearoa, and what this has meant for conceptualisations of Māori and Pākehā art3. an understanding of how the visual arts relate to biculturalism in Aotearoa4. an understanding of how colonialism has affected art histories in Aotearoa5. an understanding of key methodological and theoretical debates that have shaped the study of art history in Aotearoa6. the ability to evaluate evidence critically and present well-reasoned arguments7. strong skills of communication, research and visual analysis
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Any 15 points at 100 level from ARTH, or60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
ARTH110
Classes for this five week course (11 November - 15 December 2019) will be held at our City Campus in the Arts Centre, 3 Hereford Street.
Barbara Garrie
There are not ‘textbooks’ as such, nor is it a requirement to purchase them. Readings and references relating to specific classes are posted on LEARN.
Library portal
Domestic fee $777.00
International fee $3,375.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Humanities .