New Social Movements and Contemporary Artistic Strategies
| Title | Νέα κοινωνικά κινήματα και σύγχρονες καλλιτεχνικές στρατηγικές / New Social Movements and Contemporary Artistic Strategies |
| Code | ΕΘΝΚΚΣΚΣ3 |
| Faculty | Fine Arts |
| School | Visual and Applied Arts |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Louiza Avgita |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600019978 |
Programme of Study: Interdepartmental Program of Postgraduate Studies "Art and the Public Sphere"
Registered students: 2
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic Actions and Practices | Elective Courses | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Historical, Political and Hermeneutical Investigations of Art | Elective Courses | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600246318
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600246318
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=14678
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will:
1. acquire the necessary historical and theoretical background concerning the connection of art with society from the period of Modernism to contemporary art
2. explore specific aspects of contemporary art strategies and practices, with reference to feminist and postcolonial movements, class movements, and activism in the defense of rights (sexual identities, races, etc.)
3. approach the way artistic labour is defined in the contemporary context
4. understand the artistic practices of social intervention in relation to the institutional framework of contemporary art
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course focuses on specific theoretical approaches and artistic practices related to developments in the field of contemporary art, at the level of artistic production and curatorial processes. These approaches and practices are critically identified through their convergence or identification with the field of social action and intervention, activist strategies and policies of collective formation, as they are shaped in relation or in opposition to the dominant institutional framework. Discourses and practices related to feminism, post-colonial and post-socialist approaches, artistic labour, social action in the context of globalization, the reconstruction of history and geography are examined.
Keywords
contemporary art, social movements, activism, feminism, class movements, postcolonial approaches, artistic labour
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Teaching involves use of computers and systems of projection and sound for power point presentations, video projections and sound reproductions, internet, and the e-learning platform for uploading all relevant educational material (presentations, bibliography, etc.). Communication with the students takes place via email and the e-learning platform which is also used for the assessment. The technology of distance education is also used.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 | 0.7 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Seminars | 20 | 0.7 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 90 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 40 | 1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 130 | 4.3 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 300 | 10 |
Student Assessment
Description
The evaluation of the students involves:
* presence and participation in lectures and seminars (30%)
* presence and participation in the relevant scheduled educational activities (visits to museums, conferences, events, etc.) (15%)
* assignments, presentations, exercises, etc. (20%)
* final assignment(35%)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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Baudelaire Charles, Αισθητικά δοκίμια, Αθήνα: Printa, 1995
Benjamin Walter, Κείμενα 1934-1940. Επιλογή, επιμ. τόμου Γιώργος Σαγκριώτης, Αθήνα: Άγρα, 2019
Berman Marshall, All that is Solid Melts into Air. The Experience of Modernity, London: Penguin Books, 1988
Bürger Peter, Θεωρία της Πρωτοπορίας, μτφρ. Γιώργος Σαγκριώτης, προλ. Νίκη Λοϊζίδη, Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 2010
Calinescu Matei, Πέντε όψεις της Νεωτερικότητας: Μοντερνισμός, Πρωτοπορία, Παρακμή, Κιτς, Μεταμοντερνισμός, μτφρ. Ανδρέας Παππάς, προλ. Νίκη Λοϊζίδη, Αθήνα: Ανώτατη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, 2011
Frascina Francis and Jonathan Harris, Art in Modern Culture. An anthology of Critical Texts, London and New York: Phaidon Press, Open University, 1992
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Habermas Jurgen, “Modernity –An Incomplete Project”, στο Hal Foster (επιμ.), The Anti-Aesthetic. Essays on Postmodern Culture, New York: The New Press, 1998
Jameson Fredric, A Singular Modernity. Essays on the Ontology of the Present, London and New York: Verso, 2002
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