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Arts, Digital Futures and Global Worlds (EDUC91328)

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This subject explores the transformative impact of digital technologies on the global arts landscape to develop a holistic appreciation for the complexities of contemporary arts education practices and pedagogies.

With a focus on the convergence of creativity, cultural sustainability, and global education perspectives, you will critically engage in digital futures and the ways futures influence global arts practices. Knowledge and skills, including speculative inquiry, critical analysis, and arts-based educational research, are developed to inquire into specific areas within global arts and digital practices underscoring both analytical and reflective abilities.

Through explorations of digital futures and global worlds, you will gain insights into the intersections and interactions between contemporary artistic practices, emerging digital technologies, and the globalised context within which these phenomena take place.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Investigate and critically analyse the impact of digital futures on global arts practices, focusing on the intersections of creativity, cultural sustainability, and global educational perspectives.
  • Engage with and evaluate contemporary research related to digital technologies in arts education, considering its implications for diverse knowledges, communities, and sectors.
  • Critically reflect on the role of digital futures in representing and promoting First Nations' cultures, histories, and knowledges in the arts, ensuring respect for diversity and inclusion, and ethical considerations and responsibilities in a digital, globalised world.
  • Explore the dynamics of global digital arts platforms and their potential to both uphold and challenge traditional and First Nations' arts practices and knowledges.
  • Reflect and analyse capacities essential to conduct informed research inquiries into specific areas of interest within the broader scope of arts, digital futures, and global worlds.

Generic skills

This subject will assist students to develop the following transferable skills:

  • Communication
  • Active and participatory citizenship
  • Critical reasoning and thinking
  • Self-reflection, career awareness and lifelong learning.

Last updated: 4 March 2025