AHT4112 Major project - Art history and theory honours
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
AHT4112 Major project - Art history and theory honours is a level 4, 18-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2022 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 18
- Offered in 2022
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Requisites
Before AHT4112
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After AHT4112
No unit lists AHT4112 as a prerequisite in the 2022 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in F3701 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)
Overview
Project studies is the second part of a major curating or art history and theory research project. Following on from AHT4111, it provides an opportunity to extend and complete the research in to issues of art practice in the area(s) chosen by you and approved by the department by at the time of application. Consisting of a 15000 word written thesis or curatorial project equivalent, you will be expected to meet regularly with your supervisors while undertaking independent research.
Offerings in 2022
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Thesis100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Critically reflect and respond to current discourse in relation to an area of contemporary artistic production or curation;
- 2
Advance sustained critical arguments in relation to a specialised topic;
- 3
Apply research methodology to conduct high level scholarly or curatorial research in your chosen field;
- 4
Articulate interpretations of the literature or curatorial practice in yout chosen field.
Workload and teaching
- Studio activities48 hours
- Teaching approachResearch activities
36 hours (lecture, tutorial, individual supervision) per week.
Learning resources
Required resources
Dillon, Brian (ed.), Ruins, (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Bishop, Claire (ed.), Participation (London: Whitechapel, 2006).
Jones, Amelia, Companion to Contemporary Art , (Malden, M.A.: Blackwell Publishers, 2006).
Doherty, Claire (ed.), Situation (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Johnstone, Stephen (ed.), The Everyday (London: Whitechapel, 2008).
Kotsopoulos, Nikos (ed.), Contemporary Art in Latin America , (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2010); and Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe , (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2010).
Kelly, Caleb (ed.), Sound (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Evans, David (ed.), Appropriation (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Patin Thomas and McLerran, Jennifer. Artwords: A Glossary of Contemporary Art Theory (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1997).
Costello, Diarmuid and Vickery. Jonathan (eds.), Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers (Oxford: Berg, 2007).
Higgie, Jennifer (ed.), The Artists Joke (London: Whitechapel, 2007).
Myers,Terry R. (ed.), Painting , (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Robinson, Hilary (ed.), Feminism-Art-Theory: An Anthology 1968–2000 (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2001).
Beech, Dave (ed.), Beauty (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Harris, Jonathan. Art History: The Key Concepts (London: Routledge, 2006).
Kastner, Jeffrey (ed.), Nature (London: Whitechapel, 2012).
Chiu, Melissa and Genocchio, Benjamin, Contemporary art in Asia: A Critical Reader , (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011).
Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul J. (eds.), Art in Theory 1900–2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002).
Payne, Michael et al (eds.), A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996)
Kocur, Zoya and Leung, Simon (eds.), Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 , (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2013).
Iversen, Margaret (ed.), Chance, (London: Whitechapel, 2010).
Noble, Richard (ed.), Utopias (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Kocur, Zoya, Global Visual Cultures: An Anthology , (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).
Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy: http://stanford.library.usyd.edu.au/
Lepecki, André (ed.), Dance (London: Whitechapel, 2012).
Nelson, Robert S. and Schiff. Richard (eds.), Critical Terms for Art History (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1996).
Farr, Ian (ed.), Memory (London: Whitechapel, 2012).
Belting, Hans; Buddensieg, Andrea; Birken, Jacob; and Weibel, Peter (eds.), Global Studies: Mapping Contemporary Art and Culture (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2011),
Coles, Alex (ed.), Design and Art (London: Whitechapel, 2007).
Le Feuvre, Lisa (ed.), Failure (London: Whitechapel, 2010).
Anderson, Jaynie (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Australian Art (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Williams, Gilda (ed.), The Gothic (London: Whitechapel, 2007).
Adamson, Glenn. Thinking Through Craft (New York: Berg, 2007).
Moore, Burness E. and Fine, Bernard D (eds.) , Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990)
Campany, David (ed.), The Cinematic (London: Whitechapel,2007).
Harris, Jonathan (ed.), Globalization and Contemporary Art , (Chichester: John Wiley, 2011).
Merewether, Charles (ed.), The Archive (London: Whitechapel, 2006).
Meskimmon, Marsha, Contemporary art and the Cosmopolitan Imagination , (London; New York: Routledge, 2011).
Morley, Simon (ed.), The Sublime (London: Whitechapel, 2010
Allen, Felicity (ed.), Education, (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Helen Hughes
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Helen Hughes
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AHT4112?
AHT4112 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is AHT4112 offered?
In 2022, AHT4112 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.
Does AHT4112 have an exam?
No. AHT4112 has 1 assessment task and no exam.