ARTH218-20S2 (D) Semester Two 2020 (Distance)

Images in circulation: Print, photography, and pixels

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

Description

This course focuses on how images communicate, and examines the contexts, exchanges, and transformations that shape their meanings. While visual sources are a ubiquitous part of the information economy, their specific properties enable them to work on audiences in ways that differ from written and spoken accounts. The course explores a range of approaches for thinking about images, what they can and can't do, and the spaces in which they circulate, being made and remade in the process. In particular, this course is concerned with the entanglements of media and meaning, and the how the changing technologies of image-making engender shifting conceptualisations of how visual sources and reality relate.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to help participants develop:

1) an ability to consider visual culture in socio-political context, and to recognise its active role in shaping this
2) an awareness of the cultural specificity of images in both local and global contexts
3) an understanding of the spaces in which images circulate, and what these mean for their reception
4) strong visual literacy skills
5) a capacity for interdisciplinary thinking
6) the ability to critically evaluate evidence and present well-reasoned arguments

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

15 pts ARTH at 100-level, or
60 points at 100-level. RP: ARTH112; ARTH103; ARTH111

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator

Barbara Garrie

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Image analysis exercise 15% 800 words
Research essay 30% 2,000 words
Portfolio 25% 5 sources and critical reflections, approximately 300 words each
Final exam 30%


Please check the course LEARN page for further details and updates.

Textbooks / Resources

There are no ‘textbooks’ as such, nor is it a requirement to purchase all (or any) of the books listed above; however, you will find these very useful throughout the course.

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 .

All ARTH218 Occurrences

  • ARTH218-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020
  • ARTH218-20S2 (D) Semester Two 2020 (Distance)