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Fieldwork: Improvisation & Exchange (CCDP90016)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Southbank)
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- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
Semester 2
Danny Butt
Overview
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Students will explore themes of Improvisation and Exchange by creatively engaging in a collaborative project related to arts and community practice through a ‘fieldwork’ delivery model. An online component with theoretical readings will prepare students for an intensive learning course situated in a community partnership collaborative arts context. Students will present both material representations (artist presentation, performance or exhibition) of creative work and a written contextual analysis of work for assessment.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- demonstrate the capacity to develop and realise a collaborative project in a community context
- demonstrate an ability to engage with theories of contemporary arts and community practice
- exhibit the skills to interpret, analyse and problem solve in collaborative and community-based practice
- exhibit analytical skills regarding stakeholders, sites and social contexts
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- display an ability for critical discourse and analysis of community contexts and collaborative artworks with peers
- confidently communicate our ideas through creative, oral and written skills
- display ability to negotiate collaborations and work in a team environment
- confidently enact leadership in a group context
Last updated: 30 October 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 30 October 2023
Assessment
Additional details
- Online contribution - annotated bibliography as a critical review of three artworks/projects (3 x 1000 = 3000 words) related to subject theme: Improvisation & Exchange, due halfway through semester (before intensive) (30%)
- 20 minute presentation of creative project (oral presentation, performance or material exhibition of work), due at the end of semester (30%)
- 5000 word essay (exegesis style to support creative work), due in assessment period at end of semester (40%)
Last updated: 30 October 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Danny Butt Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 48 hours (40 hrs on campus, 8 hrs online) Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Danny Butt
Time commitment details
340 hours Note: Students are required to be on campus on the September 5 (20 hrs) and the week of September 12 (20hrs).
Last updated: 30 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A course reader will be available.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Arts and Community Practice
Last updated: 30 October 2023