Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will gain a basic understanding of the problematics of authorship and artistic agencies

Credits: 5

Schedule: 28.09.2021 - 19.10.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Max Ryynänen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This is a course on authors and agents, on our ways and needs of building artistic authorship and artistic agencies. It is also about positions in life, art and philosophy. What is an author actually, or what do we mean with authorship (i.e. Marx is the author of The Capital, but he is also somehow the root for all Marxism)? How does one's position (e.g. white, middle aged, man, not from the middle class, immigrant background, bilingual, heterosexual) affect one's authorships and agencies? What is the discussion on the death of the author about? Should we take seriously the debate on 'intentional fallacy', i.e. the discussion which claims that we shouldn't be at all interested in artists' lives and intentions when we look at their art? What would authorship be without copyright? How do our ideas on authorship and genius affect people's behavior (Me Too)? What is the history of the concept of genius?

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures & discussion (20%), exercises (5%), reading and doing individual work (75%). Requirement of all schedules activities a minimum of 80%.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  15 hours of contact teaching, 120 hours of assignment work and reading.

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The study materials needed will be given in the course blog (mailed to the participants in advance) and on the course

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The amount of the students is limited in this course. ViCCA degree students who need the course in their major studies are prioritized in the case more students would like to attend then there are places. Doctoral students have a quota of 3. Those doctoral students who attend will present their own research work on the course from the perspective of the course and have an extra assignment and meeting with the teacher.

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021 Autumn I

  2021-2022 Autumn I

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=TAI-E3113

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

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  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

   

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

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