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
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
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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