Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Innovative Approach to Circular Economy course provides practical and theoretical knowledge and operating models in which aesthetic, ethical, and ecological phenomena intertwine in circular economy. The student becomes familiar with the objectives, theoretical background, practices, outcomes, and social impact that contemporary art has in the context of circular economy. The student learns to produce culture phenomena in making circular economy visible, to perceive the cultural complexity, and to work as a part of multidisciplinary co-operation aimed at changing the consumer culture. The student understands the possibilities of innovative and artistic methods in creating cultural change and can evaluate their social impact in the context of circular economy.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 19.04.2021 - 24.05.2021
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Riikka Mäkikoskela, Maria Villa Largacha
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Riikka Mäkikoskela, Maria Villa Largacha
Contact information for the course (valid 15.03.2021-21.12.2112):
Riikka Mäkikoskela: riikka.makikoskela@aka.fi
CEFR level (applies in this implementation):
Language of instruction and studies (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022):
Teaching language: English
Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Creative Approach to Circular Economy course introduces innovative strategies of multidisciplinary contemporary art (artistic thinking, art & science, social and environmental art and social and public pedagogy) to deal with the transdisciplinary theory of circular economy. Circular economy encompasses more than the sustainable production and consumption of material, goods, and services. It includes a discussion of the intertwinement of aesthetical, ecological and ethical processes. The course develops the key elements of change in consumer culture: knowledge on art and design practices and thinking as well as the significance of the production of culture. For this, it is crucial to understand not only the concrete materiality but also the mental images and the social and cultural material that influences consumption habits.
In the course, the students work on the phenomena of circular economy through the participatory methods of contemporary art and artistic thinking. The course uses different examples of art for grasping the complexity of circular economy in different levels: individual, community, society, and culture. The course works both in lectures and workshops. Based on the lectures, assignments are done in multidisciplinary groups. The same method will also be used to carry out the project work of the course. Part of the course’s workshop activities are organized in an outdoor experimental space for practical sustainability, the Test Site at Otaniemi campus, http://acs.aalto.fi/2017/open-call-test-site-for-practical-sustainability-at-otaniemi-campus/.
The emphasis is on finding multidisciplinary connections and creative ways of working through research into the phenomena of circular economy. By means of contemporary art, ideas and activities are developed and promoted. The purpose is to make visible aesthetic, ethical, and ecological processes and raise awareness of the need for cultural change, which circular economy requires.
Applies in this implementation:
Half of the sessions will be held remotely, and half will require the development of experiments and artistic activities, individually or in groups.
We will work outdoors and on test sites. Of course, there is a possibility to attend the course fully remotely in exceptional cases, but this means that the students need to be active him/herself, for example to organize team work remotely and to do artistic assignments independently.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Attendance 20 %, participation in class 20 %, group work 20 % and final work 40 % of the grade
Applies in this implementation:
Attendance 20 %, participation in class 20 %, group work 20 % and final work 40 % of the grade
Workload
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Lectures 14 hours, project teaching/workshop teaching/assignments based on lectures 24 hours, group work 75 hours, individual work 40 hours
Applies in this implementation:
Total contact hours: 30
Lectures 14 hours
Project teaching/workshop teaching/assignments based on lectures 24 hours
Group work 75 hours
Individual work 40 hours
DETAILS
Study Material
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
The study material is distributed in the form of lectures, workshops, assignments and articles.
Applies in this implementation:
The study material is distributed in the form of lectures, workshops, assignments and articles.
Prerequisites
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
No prerequisites
FURTHER INFORMATION
Details on the schedule
Applies in this implementation:
Half of the sessions will be held remotely.
- Teacher: Mäkikoskela Riikka
- Teacher: Villa Largacha Maria