AHT2138 Space, place and society
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
AHT2138 Space, place and society is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
The 2027 handbook has no page for AHT2138. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before AHT2138
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After AHT2138
1 unit list AHT2138 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: TAD3138
Prerequisite: 12 credit points at first year level in Art History and Theory, or Theory of Art and Design, or Visual Culture, or permission from Unit Coordinator
Overview
This unit focuses on the representation, design, experience and interpretation of space, both in Australia and abroad. Concepts of space and place are central to any understanding of modern society and culture and are at the forefront of scholarship and thought in several disciplines. This unit considers the aesthetics, politics and ethics of a wide range of social spatial environments, discourses and environments, with a particular emphasis on the ideas of space as inclusion and space as exclusion.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for AHT2138.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate awareness of current discourses in art, indigenous studies, public space and architecture that deal with the representation, experience and interpretation of space;
- 2
Identify the social dynamic in key examples of recent art, architectural and design practice concerned with the articulation of place and spatial experience;
- 3
Demonstrate an awareness of how the notion of place differs across the various historical, cultural and political circumstances in which art is made;
- 4
Demonstrate a good understanding of the multiple ways in which space is articulated and experienced within an Australian context that is grounded in Indigenous culture and history;
- 5
Demonstrate the skills to perform a critical analysis of spatial environments;
- 6
Demonstrate awareness of the theoretical and cultural precedents for and dimensions of their own practice.
Workload and teaching
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Luke Morgan
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Luke Smythe
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AHT2138?
AHT2138 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
What can I take after AHT2138?
AHT2138 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including AHT3138.
When is AHT2138 offered?
AHT2138 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
- Organisational unit
- Department of Fine Art
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020