Feminist Approaches to Art and Affect

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Cursusdoel

After completion of the course, the student:
  • is familiar with the corpus of knowledge on feminist creativity in various artistic genres;
  • has been introduced to a variety of feminist theories and affect theories particularly when applied to a wide range of cultural and artistic practices;
  • has learned to critically analyse various artistic practices from the methodological framework of feminist and affect studies;
  • can bring academic knowledge to the professional field in the social, political and cultural sector.

Vakinhoudelijk

This course is for students in the MA Gender Studies, GEMMA, MA Applied Musicology, MA Arts and Society and MA Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy; students from other MA programmes should check with the course coordinator before enrolling. Only this way participation can be granted. The entrance requirements for Exchange Students will be checked by International Office and the Programme coordinator. You do not have to contact the Programme coordinator by yourself.

This course examines, with the support of gender, queer, critical race, and post-colonial theories, different feminist approaches to the study of art and affect, with a specific focus on anger, shame, hope, pain, and depression. With reference to art practices, the course explores the complex interplay between affect, emotion, and feeling. It does so through a critical interrogation of how certain affects and emotions adhere to bodies, cultures and sexualities; how they function as social power to pathologise others, and how reconfiguring the possibilities of affects and emotions is necessary for feminist, queer and anti-racist politics. How does affect operate in artistic and activist practices? What affects, emotions and sensations can feminist art evoke? By studying a constellation of theories and artistic practices, the course investigates the centrality of affect for understanding social and political life.

Werkvormen

Hoorcollege
Toelichting

The course will make use of both lectures and workgroups. There will be one weekly plenary lecture (with the whole group) and one weekly seminar session.

Bijdrage

Each session, a group of students will present on the readings for that week. The presenting group of students is also responsible for chairing the conversation, though each student in class has to be prepared to take part in it, based on the assigned readings.

Voorbereiding

Students are required to attend class, read assigned reading material, and actively participate in class discussion.

Werkcollege
Toelichting

The course will make use of both lectures and workgroups. There will be one weekly plenary lecture (with the whole group) and one weekly seminar session.

Bijdrage

Each session, a group of students will present on the readings for that week. The presenting group of students is also responsible for chairing the conversation, though each student in class has to be prepared to take part in it, based on the assigned readings.

Voorbereiding

Students are required to attend class, read assigned reading material, and actively participate in class discussion.

Toetsing

Opdracht

Verplicht | Weging 40% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 2

This assignment will be assessed for 1) insightful perspective of the creative practice especially in terms of its approach to affect in relation to gender, sexuality, race, class, ability 2) the time, thinking process, and group collaboration put into the creation of the final product and the expose, 3) the ability to reflect, in the exposé, on the content and form of the creative practice in relation to the theories discusses in the course.

To be announced in syllabus.

Paper

Verplicht | Weging 30% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 1,5

1) demonstration of ability to engage with case studies or examples related to the course themes, 2) critical engagement with course literature and outside sources, 3) academic writing and argumentation skills, 4) fulfilment of academic requirements for referencing.

To be announced in syllabus.

Presentatie

Verplicht | Weging 30% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 1,5

This assignment will be assessed for 1) the selection of relevant artistic material and their compatibility with the literature of that week, 2) the clarity of the student’s introduction of the works, 3) pertinent and relevant discussion questions that emerge from the artistic practice, and the question’s suitability for an in-depth engagement with the course literature.

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Je moet inschreven staan voor een van de volgende opleidingen:

  • Arts and Society
  • Applied Musicology
  • Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy
  • GEMMA: Master degree in Women's and Gender studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Gender Studies (Research)

Voorkennis

Er is geen informatie over ingangseisen bekend.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

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Tentamens

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Verplicht materiaal

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Aanbevolen materiaal

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Coördinator

J. Mascat j.mascat@uu.nl

Docenten

Inschrijving

Deze cursus is open voor bijvakkers. Controleer wel of er aanvullende ingangseisen gelden.

Inschrijving
Van maandag 30 mei 2022 tot en met vrijdag 24 juni 2022

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