ARTH217-20SU2 (A) Summer Nov 2020 start (The Arts Centre Christchurch)

Kiwi Icons: Introduction to Art in Aotearoa New Zealand

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 November 2020
End Date: Sunday, 13 December 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 13 November 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 November 2020

Description

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.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to help participants develop:

1.     an understanding of the constructed and culturally-specific nature of ideas about art
2.     an understanding of the role of institutions in constructing art histories in Aotearoa, and what this has meant for conceptualisations of Māori and Pākehā art
3.     an understanding of how the visual arts relate to biculturalism in Aotearoa
4.     an understanding of how colonialism has affected art histories in Aotearoa
5.     an understanding of key methodological and theoretical debates that have shaped the study of art history in Aotearoa
6.     the ability to evaluate evidence critically and present well-reasoned arguments
7.     strong skills of communication, research and visual analysis

University Graduate Attributes

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.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100 level from ARTH, or
60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

ARTH110

Timetable Note

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.

Course Coordinator

Barbara Garrie

Textbooks / Resources

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.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

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 .

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