Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Design and create an assessment output that demonstrates problem-solving and effective communication techniques
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Creative engagement with key ideas and debates in curatorial practice and their professional contexts and challenges
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use inclusive, ethical and sustainable practices to design and evaluate an assessment output evidencing techniques and research methods
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critique, synthesise and apply best practice in designing curatorial projects
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 48 |
| Independent Study | 252 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Kate Gray, Sarah Mossop, Emily Pethick, Marijke Steedman, (2012, pp. 103 – 120) in (2012). Why Do Galleries Work Beyond The Site of The Institution? in Marijke Steedman (ed.), Gallery as Community: Art, Education, Politics. London: The Whitechapel Gallery.
Von Bismarck, Beatrice (2022). The Curatorial Condition. Berlin: Stenberg Press.
Martinon, Jean-Paul (ed.) (2014). The Curatorial: A Philosophy of Curating. London and New York: Bloomsbury..
Graham, Janna, McQuay, Marie-Anne, Steedman, Marijke, Vicars, Natasha. 'Inherent Tensions' in Marijke Steedman (ed.) Gallery as Community: Art, Education, Politics. London: The Whitechapel Gallery..
Badovinac, Zdenka (2022). Unannounced Voices: Curatorial Practice and Changing Institutions. Berlin: Stenberg Press.
Fowle, Kate in O’Neill, Paul and Wilson, Mick (eds.). pp. 153 – 172 (2014). Action Research: Generative Curatorial Practices. London: Curating Research.
Krasny, Elke (2024). Urban Curating: Care, Repair, Refuse, Resist. Transcript: Independent Academic Publishing.
Belting, Hans, Buddensieg, Andrea, and Weibel, Peter (eds.) (2013). The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds. Germany and London and Cambridge: MA: ZKM - Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and The MIT Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Group presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Peer review; tutorial
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: Yes
- Percentage contribution: 100%
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Practice Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Practice Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Practice Portfolio | 100% |