ATS2284 Agency advocacy and activism in critical performance studies
Faculty of Arts
ATS2284 Agency advocacy and activism in critical performance studies is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2023 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2284
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2284
No unit lists ATS2284 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Pre-requisite: Students must have passed 12 credit points of first year Arts units.
Overview
This unit explores performance as an action-based method of advocacy, mediation, and social/cultural transformation across the performing arts. Students will learn key concepts that help us understand, analyse and engage the relationship between performance and individual and collective agency, advocacy and activism. They will engage in both the study and making of performance as a tool for institutional and community transformation.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Intervention QuestionsOther30%
- Theories, Tactics and Stories ToolkitOther30%
- Agency, advocacy and activism original creative work and portfolioFolio40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
analyse key concepts and practices in contemporary performance studies that focus on agency, advocacy and activism
- 2
critically evaluate how social movements, communities, and individual activists use performance to seek political empowerment, dialogue and transformation
- 3
create original performance work that engages processes of agency, advocacy and activism to address local community and global issues
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2284 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2023 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Stacy Jones
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Stacy Jones
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2284?
ATS2284 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2284 offered?
In 2023, ATS2284 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS2284?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2284 have an exam?
No. ATS2284 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2284?
ATS2284 is part of Critical performance studies and Music.