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Week - 1
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LO-2
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Introduction and artistic practice: course scope and semester project; identifying possible research topics and questions from previous work. |
Lecture
Discussion
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 2
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LO-1
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Changing understandings of art: comparing traditional, modern, postmodern, and contemporary perspectives and their effects on artistic practice. |
Lecture
Discussion
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 3
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LO-1
LO-2
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Concepts and artistic approaches: the roles of aesthetics, composition, theme, concept, and context in production and their links to project ideas. |
Lecture
Discussion
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 4
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LO-2
LO-4
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Defining a problem in artistic practice: developing the research problem, aim, and practical direction while connecting to relevant artists and sources. |
Discussion
Proje Design/Management
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 5
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LO-2
LO-3
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Materials and active process: relating material and technical choices to the research problem through practical experiments. |
Experiment
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 6
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LO-3
LO-4
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Structuring artistic practice as an active process: developing work through practice, observation, evaluation, and revision while documenting the process. |
Observation
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 7
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-5
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Reviewing initial experiments: comparing sketches, practice, and process documentation; determining project direction and preparing the midterm presentation. |
Team/Group Work
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 8
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LO-2
LO-4
LO-5
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Midterm: project progress report and presentation covering the research problem, initial sources, early practices, changes in process, and next steps. |
Discussion
Team/Group Work
Critique/Critical Reading
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Week - 9
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LO-3
LO-4
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Experimental practice and project development: advancing the project using midterm feedback and assessing new experimental possibilities. |
Experiment
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 10
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LO-3
LO-4
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Spatial and performative approaches: examining the roles of space, time, body, process, and audience in artistic research. |
Discussion
Case Study
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 11
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LO-3
LO-4
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Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work: evaluating links among art disciplines and fields of knowledge in relation to the project. |
Discussion
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 12
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LO-4
LO-5
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Interpreting process documentation: relating sketches, photographs, visual records, material traces, and notes to the research problem. |
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 13
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LO-2
LO-4
LO-5
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Preparing the research report: organizing the problem, aim, theoretical and artistic context, practice, process documentation, and findings. |
Critique/Critical Reading
Research and Inquiry
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 14
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-5
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Integrating the project and report, semester review, and final preparation: reviewing the artwork, theoretical framework, process documentation, portfolio, and report. |
Team/Group Work
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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