Curatorial Histories & Contexts

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use self-reflection in the professional presentation and communication of research findings.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• How to identify and evaluate complex curating sector histories, issues and problems.

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate, to a diverse range of audiences, complex ideas, histories and issues related to exhibitions.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Pursue original research informed by appropriate sources and bodies of knowledge

The content of modules is reviewed from year to year to ensure currency: indicative content for this module will include:

• An overview of, and a context for, curatorial and visual cultural theory.
• History of exhibitions/displays
• Contemporary theories of curatorial practice
• Contemporary debates around curatorial practice
• International perspectives and priorities
• Learning and Interpretation
• Audiences and Publics
• Cultural politics & critique
• Institutional critique
• The role of the digital

Teaching methods include:

• lectures
• Seminar discussion
• Peer group learning
• Presentations
• Guided field trip to see presentation/exhibition
• Guided reflective dialogue

Learning methods include:

• Library skills hub
• Peer discussion
• Independent study of module materials

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Draft piece

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Tutorial
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No
• Percentage contribution: 100%

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

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.