Contemporary Art Seminar I

Recommended Prerequisites

The student must show an apropriate grasp of the philosophical, essayistic, and artistic culture that serves as a background to the discussions started during the seminar, in particular it should be able to show familiarity with conceptual tools that are tied to notions such as aesthetics, modernity, image / representation, language and experience, and have some notion of how these notions intertwine and feed each other in contact with the modern and contemporary arts.

Teaching Methods

Seminar sessions with guests and / or viewing of films or documentaries.

Learning Outcomes

The student must develop a set of critical skills that allow him/her to think about the modern and contemporary arts in their historical, conceptual and political valences. The student must, in this sense, learn to develop a culture of participation and dialogue with the interdisciplinary community residing in the College of Arts. The student must also learn to develop his / her research autonomously according to the scope of the discussions developed and the doctoral project that it is proposed to present at the end of the academic year.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The curricular unit Seminar I consists of a set of thematically oriented lectures that aim to contribute to the development of a critical culture around modern and contemporary arts, taking into account an interdisciplinary perspective.
Participation in the lectures’ Cycle "As Artes do Colégio" with the intervention of critics, researchers, cultural programmers and artists, interaction with speakers and participation in the activities of the Colégio das Artes Gallery: exhibitions, performances, installations, shows, films is reflected in a broadening of the latitude of research topics in Contemporary Art:
a) Specificity of research in Contemporary Art.
b) Formulation of objectives and survey of problematics.
c) Identification of methodology and types of research: rules and models, theoretical framework.

Head Lecturer(s)

António José Olaio Correia de Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 10.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 90.0%

Bibliography

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Ridley, D. (2012). The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students. London: Sage.
Stebbins, L. F. (2006). Student Guide to Research in the Digital Age: How to Locate and Evaluate Information Sources. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.
Thyer, B. A. (2008). Preparing Research Articles. Oxford: Oxford U Press. Stiles, K. & P. Stiles (2012). Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art. A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (2. ed. rev.). California: U California Press.