Collaboration and the Unforeseen (CWRI40018)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject focuses on writers collaborating with musicians, scientists, visual and sound artists, architects, designers, theatre-makers, activists, historians, psychologists, photographers, film-makers. Collaborations can give birth to genuinely new ways of thinking and seeing the world. When all collaborating parties are fully extended it may spark unexpected, out-of-the-box work. We are interested in creative partnerships that push people beyond their respective comfort zones and that thrive on plurality – not only of art forms and disciplines but of fundamental approaches to research and meaning-making.
We will also think deeply about the ethos and ethics of collaboration, about how successful collaborations are structured and kept vital and nourishing. We won’t forget to consider creativity. What happens when we are not alone at various stages of the creative process?
Students will be encouraged to imagine and develop collaborations – to bring their talents and skills into fertile and fabulous creative relationships with people outside the field of writing. Students will also collaborate with each other in the development of creative work(s).
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Develop a collaborative artistic process: devising a concept, engaging in cross-arts practice, devising and structuring material, developing a project proposal and an access and inclusion plan, and preparing a concept for an audience.
- Design, workshop, analyse and give constructive feedback on a variety of interdisciplinary writing projects, working with independence, self-reflection and creativity.
- Give a high-level conceptual account of the various forms of arts collaborations and their complex intersections with ethical, historical, cultural and social contexts.
- Articulate the imaginative and vocational possibilities in multiple areas of creative writing collaboration.
- Communicate effectively with peers of diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds during collaborations and completion of group tasks.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Participate in discussion and group activities and increase their creative and critical skills through workshopping and collaboration
- Independently devise and articulate a creative work in both verbal and written modes
- Conceptualise, prepare and present their creative projects at an advanced level.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Note: this subject is not available for master's students. Master's students please refer to CWRI90026.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CWRI90026 | Collaboration and the Unforeseen | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
CWRI30004 Encounters with Writing
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Written assessment to develop a project description, timeline and artist's statement
| Week 7 | 20% |
Collaborative Group Project
| Week 11 | 30% |
Creative Piece
| During the examination period | 50% |
| Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Quinn Eades Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Hours: 1 x 2-hour seminar per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 31 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 Semester 1 contact information
Email: quinn.eades@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 4 March 2025