Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Essay A reflective museum catalogue essay 2000 Words | 60% |
| Semester Assessment | Catalogue labels 6 catalogue labels for chosen artefacts 1500 Words | 40% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Essay A reflective museum catalogue essay 2000 Words | 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Catalogue labels 6 catalogue labels for chosen artefacts 1500 Words | 40% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
To gain an understanding of the history of museums in a Western context from the early modern period
To consider scholarship which deconstructs the museum from a post-colonial perspective
To write a considered essay on an aspect of a museum’s collection in relation to post-colonialism
To review aspects of a museum collection and select artefacts as examples of the your academic discourse
To create a limited number of catalogue entries for selected aretacts, which positions them in relation to the context of the collection they are held in and their wider context
To use appropriate academic research skills and referencing conventions
Brief description
Museum and galleries are currently re-examining their collections inline with contemporary decolonial critiques of the legacies of Empire and Enlightenment. The creation and dissemination of new bodies of knowledge and formation of museum collections from the early modern period to the beginning of the twentieth century led to the development of cataloguing, taxonomies and classification of the world. These systems, which shape how we manage and understand culture today, have cast long shadows into present, often neglecting, overlooking and disregarding non-Western forms of knowledge, artistic practices and objects. This module examines how these systems have governed historic practices of collecting and museum cultures, and interrogates these enterprises and sites through decolonial approaches.
Aims
To consider scholarship which deconstructs the museum from a post-colonial perspective
To write a critical analysis of an aspect of a museum collection in relation to post-colonialism
To review aspects of a museum collection and select artefacts to develop an analytical reflection
To create a number of catalogue entries for selected artefacts, which clearly positions them in relation to the context of the collection they are held in and their wider context
To use appropriate research skills and referencing conventions
Content
The Enlightenment, new thinking around the production and dissemination on of knowledge and its legacy
Non-Western production of knowledge
Non-Western Art from the early modern period into the 19th and 20th century
De-colonising museums, galleries and collections in the contemporary period
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Creative Problem Solving | Applying knowledge gained to a range of materials and contexts |
| Critical and analytical thinking | Developing a knowledge and understanding from lectures and independent research and applying it to a chosen project |
| Digital capability | Using, for example, museum data bases for research |
| Professional communication | Writing for an audience |
| Real world sense | Using knowledge to disseminate research to a hypothetical real audience |
| Subject Specific Skills | Developing skills which relate to applied Art Historical knowledge, relevant to working in a museum or gallery |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5