UnitLevel 2Undergraduate

ATS2291 Critical intercultural performance

Faculty of Arts

ATS2291 Critical intercultural performance is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2024. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2024
Not offered
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ATS2291

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After ATS2291

No unit lists ATS2291 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisite: 12 points of 1st year Arts units

Equivalent units

The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.

Overview

This unit investigates how embodied culture, politics of location, transnational identities and globalization help us understand the macro and micro workings of power in intercultural exchanges. Students will be introduced to key concepts in critical intercultural performance thought and practice and will apply these concepts to a range of practical and arts performance contexts. They will collaborate on an immersive exploration of how social actors negotiate and challenge intercultural dynamics and processes through embodied arts practice.  

Offerings in 2024

The 2024 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2291.

Assessment

  • Key concepts in critical intercultural performanceEssay
    30%
  • Self and other investigationResearch assignment
    30%
  • Ethnographic original creative work and portfolio casebookFolio
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    analyse how key concepts in critical intercultural performance studies frame and shape the macro and micro workings of power in intercultural contexts

  2. 2

    critically evaluate the role that performance plays in negotiating and challenging intercultural dynamics and processes 

  3. 3

    create original performance work that showcases the role and importance of performance in intercultural exchanges in a range of contexts.

Workload and teaching

  • Lectures12 hours
  • Tutorials24 hours

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

ATS2291 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2024 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Professor Stacy Jones
Chief Examiners
Professor Stacy Jones

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS2291?

ATS2291 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS2291 offered?

ATS2291 has no offerings listed in the 2024 handbook.

How much work is ATS2291?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ATS2291 have an exam?

No. ATS2291 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include ATS2291?

ATS2291 is part of Music.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
2
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Available
Handbook years
202220232024202520262027