1.Effectively apply and evaluate research methods and employ appropriate decision-making in a significant self-­directed, independent research enquiry/project.

2. Effectively evaluate and critically analyse methodologies and techniques, including knowledge of the conventions and practice of a specialist subject in a presentational context.

3. Attain a critical awareness and evaluation of key theoretical, contextual and critical frameworks of reference and influence within contemporary contexts.

4. Clearly & effectively communicate theoretical research, enquiry and conclusions appropriate for delivery to audiences in a range of modes and contexts

1. The Contextual Presentation will deliver the outcomes of the contextual and theoretical research into an appropriate area, or areas of connectedness, for the application of the student's own practice, via a verbal and visual presentation to staff and students. (LO: 1, 4) The research folder will evidence the underpinning contextual and theoretical research. (LO: 3)

2. The Critically Reflective Report will provide evidence of the students individual connected activity, or activities, articulating the choices made and analysing outcomes in relation to the contextual and theoretical resources. (LO: 1, 2, 3)

You will be introduced to key theoretical and contextual contexts and discourses related to connectedness.
Sessions will centre on effective presentational skills, research methods and critical reflection.

Connected Practices allows you to understand the breadth of dimensions in which contemporary practitioners and their practices ‘connect’ with other practices, practitioners, critical discourse, audiences and networks. You will explore the potential for your own connectedness, which could include collaboration or co-production/co-authorship, related to professional or artistic contexts and assist in the development of skills, methods, idea generation and audience development.

The module will be formed around independent contextual and theoretical research and supported by teaching and learning sessions focused on debate, knowledge exchange, critical discourse and appropriate methodologies and research frameworks.
Activities will include:
Seminars
Lectures
Feedback Tutorials

Fuchs C (2016) Critical Theory of Communication, University of Westminster Press
Lijster T (2018) The Future of the New: Artistic Innovation in Times of Social Acceleration, Valiz
Huybrechts L (2013) Participation Is Risky: Approaches to Joint Creative Processes, Valiz
Arnell U (2022) Curating beyond the Mainstream: The Practices of Carlos Capelán, Elisabet Haglund, Gunilla Lundahl, and Jan-Erik Lundström, Sternberg Press
Rancičre J (2019) The Future of the Image, Verson
Pitts S E, Price S M (2020) Understanding Audience Engagement in the Contemporary Arts, Routledge
Diack H (2020) Documents of Doubt - The Photographic Conditions of Conceptual Art, University of MInnesota Press
Campt T A (2021) A Black Gaze - Artists Changing How We See, MIT Press
Al-Kahdi A et al (2019) Kiss My Genders, Hayward Gallery Publishing

Library
Study skills staff
IT facilities