Module Descriptors
THE BODY AND VISUAL CARTOGRAPHIES
FTVR70198
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 7
30 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 40
Independent Study Hours: 260
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Seminar room equipped with VHS and DVD playback, with good sound reproduction.
Appropriate library book, journal, VHS & DVD resources.
Access to appropriate studio space for practical exercises in movement, music, film.
Access to media lab for editing table analysis of film material.
Appropriate library book, journal, VHS & DVD resources.
Access to appropriate studio space for practical exercises in movement, music, film.
Access to media lab for editing table analysis of film material.
Module Texts
E. Grotz (1994) Volatile Bodies, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
M. Foucault (1980) 'Body/Power' in Power and Knowledge, London: Harvester.
D. Bell & B. M. Kennedy (2000) The Cybercultures Reader, London: Routledge.
M. Shildrick (1997) Leaky Bodies and Boundaries, London: Routledge.
B. M. Kennedy (2000) Deleuze and Cinema: The Aesthetics of Sensation, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
M. Aaron (1999), The Body's Perilous Pleasures, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
L. Williams (1994), Viewing Positions: Ways of Seeing Film, New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press.
S. Shaviro (1993), The Cinematic Body, Minneapolis: Minneapolis University Press.
M. Foucault (1980) 'Body/Power' in Power and Knowledge, London: Harvester.
D. Bell & B. M. Kennedy (2000) The Cybercultures Reader, London: Routledge.
M. Shildrick (1997) Leaky Bodies and Boundaries, London: Routledge.
B. M. Kennedy (2000) Deleuze and Cinema: The Aesthetics of Sensation, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
M. Aaron (1999), The Body's Perilous Pleasures, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
L. Williams (1994), Viewing Positions: Ways of Seeing Film, New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press.
S. Shaviro (1993), The Cinematic Body, Minneapolis: Minneapolis University Press.
Module Indicative Content
The module introduces contemporary theories about corporeality and concepts of 'body' derived from philosophy and cultural studies, which are assessed in relation to social and cultural formations, meanings and identities across a range of visual and sound media, but with an emphasis on film. A focus on post-feminist, post-structuralist theories of the body, analysed in relation to aesthetic and philosophical discourses, takes debate beyond traditional film theories into a wider contemporary framework.
Module Additional Assessment Details
The module introduces contemporary theories about corporeality and concepts of 'body' derived from philosophy and cultural studies, which are assessed in relation to social and cultural formations, meanings and identities across a range of visual and sound media, but with an emphasis on film. A focus on post-feminist, post-structuralist theories of the body, analysed in relation to aesthetic and philosophical discourses, takes debate beyond traditional film theories into a wider contemporary framework.
Module Learning Strategies
Tutor introductions to key issues designated for particular sessions.
Private reading and analysis of key texts.
Student presentations of reading and assessment of arguments.
One practical workshop.
Seminar discussions and debates.
Writing concluding essay.
Private reading and analysis of key texts.
Student presentations of reading and assessment of arguments.
One practical workshop.
Seminar discussions and debates.
Writing concluding essay.