TAI-E315001 - Questions of Labor in the Expanded Field of Art & Curating D, Lecture, 5.11.2021-10.12.2021

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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

Students will grasp how labour stands as one of the most pivotal and formative concerns within the history, present, and future of artistic practice and curating. They will understand how artistic/curatorial labour has been theorised and reflected on in relation to the economy and its historical transformations. This course will help students better situate the labour they perform within a wider socio-economic framework.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 05.11.2021 - 10.12.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Bassam El Baroni

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:

    The course introduces central theories around art in relation to work, labour, economic abstraction, value, wage, financialization, and commodification from various perspectives, for example, post-Frankfurt school, Feminist, Speculative and Neo-Rationalist analyses and lines of thinking. These theories intersect with discussions on technology, computation and contemporary financial instruments and their impact on artistic/curatorial labour, epistemologies, and ways of working. The course will also address how various forms of activism have taken up the question of labour in connection to the expanded field of art and curating. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Coursework and course participation.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    55 hours of contact teaching, 80 hours of individual work. Requirement of all schedules activities a minimum of 80%.

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Readings in Theory and Philosophy

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    1 No Poverty

    4 Quality Education

    5 Gender Equality

    8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

    10 Reduced Inequality

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021

    (2021, 2022) - No teaching

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=TAI-E315001

    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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