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Globalizing Art and Politics in the Northern Hemisphere. Summerschool 2011 ( forår 2011 - 10 ECTS )

Rammer for udbud

• Uddannelsessprog: engelsk
• Niveau: MA - tekstarbejde, kerneområder og kulturforståelse (B-fag)
• Semester/kvarter: To be announced.
• Timer per uge: Sommerskole med ca. 6 undervisningstimer om dagen.
• Deltagerbegrænsning: 40
• Undervisningssted: Århus
• Hovedområde: Det Humanistiske Fakultet
• Udbud ID: 25507

Formål

This summer school will study the transition from a national and Nordic public arena to a global one through the analysis of political happenings, performances, and different kinds of events in contemporary culture producing political and ethical reactions. The art projects will be studied in the light of new theories of globalization, new media and event-production.

Indhold

This course will be about of the impact of globalization on contemporary culture and identity in the Nordic region studied through the new art forms developing since the 1990's. New forms of media distribution has influenced the Nordic countries, and political issues as well as art has reached a new global public. This public is not familiar with a concept of the North (Norden) and its different national agendas, created historically by many forms of political and economic relations. From a global perspective the Nordic countries form a geographical region amongst other regions. This has inspired many native and new inhabitants of the Nordic countries to (self)-critical reflections in art and culture that often includes the viewer/ user in questioning Nordic and national identities.

Faglige forudsætninger

To be admitted you must be enrolled at a university. If you are applying for admission to the summer school at master's level, you must hold a bachelor's degree or a minimum of 180 ECTS in your study programme. Students applying for admission at bachelor's level must have completed at least one year of study in a relevant subject.

Students are expected to have a high level of English proficiency, to be able to read the relevant literature and follow the teaching. Documentation may be required verifying the student's proficiency in English at a specified level.

Underviser

Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen and international scholars.

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

The course consists of up till 45 hours will combine lectures, student presentations and discussions of the art works.

English

Litteratur

To be announced.

Studieordning og bedømmelse

Kandidatuddannelsen i nordisk sprog og litteratur

• Bunden hj.opg.ind., bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
• Fri.hj.opg.ind., bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
• Hj.opg. + mdt. ind., bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur

All students are assessed individually on the basis of an oral, non-graded examination.

Course evaluation will be based on the student's ability to

• understand and employ the theories of globalization, national identity, de- and re-territorialization as well as the implication of new media in contemporary art production.
• identify how contemporary art is aesthetically inspired by new media and performative strategies that explore cultural and political boundaries in a global context.
• master a theoretically inspired analysis of contemporary Nordic art in a global and local framework.

To ensure objectivity and quality, all students are examined and graded by a lecturer and a co-examiner. Grading is based on the academic regulations under the auspices of the Board of Studies for the Scandinavian Department.