SA4065 The Anthropology of Art

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

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Module coordinator

Dr A E Joyce

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Module Staff

Dr Aimee Joyce

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Module description

The module addresses the relations between art and anthropology, and explores what anthropologists can say about aesthetic experience through a range of ethnographic examples. It explores the growing epistemological entanglement of contemporary art and anthropology. Contemporary artists are increasingly concerned with anthropological issues and the ?art world? is continuously growing, embracing new artists and communities. What understanding can anthropology bring to the questions that plague contemporary art? Can the work of contemporary artists help anthropology develop new forms of research and output?

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SA2001 AND PASS SA2002

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE SA3048

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

6000 WORD ESSAY = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture weekly, 1 seminar (small group) weekly, 2 hour practical class x 5

Intended learning outcomes

  • By the end of this module students will have engaged with and understood the key theories, arguments, and methods used in the anthropological study of art
  • By the end of this module will be able to understand the multiple intersections between local and global in 'art worlds' and to interrogate the long standing relationship between artists and anthropologists
  • By the end of this module students will be able to identify and critically engage with the potentials and limitations of cross and inter-disciplinary work
  • By the end of this module students will be able to pursue new experimental ways of approaching anthropological fieldwork
  • By the end of this module students will have developed the following research skills: the capacity to find, compile, filter and synthesis information from a range of different textual and non-textual sources. Developed their ability to read selectively and critically. How to organise material into a coherent and clearly expressed argument, in writing and speaking
  • By the end of this module students will have learned the following communication skills: Presentations will help students develop their ability to summaries and impart information in a clear and engaging way. They will also practice how to debate, through careful listening as well as clear expression. In the practical classes they will utilise teamwork skills and continue to develop the ability to build and express arguments collectively as well as individually