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

The student gets a basic understanding of philosophies and theories of art

Credits: 5

Schedule: 27.09.2021 - 29.11.2021

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:

    How have philosophers approached (aesthetic) experience? What is an art scene, actually? What kind of theories do we have about art, popular culture, kitsch and/or camp? What can today's artists learn from 11th century philosophers of Kashmir, or Medieval Arabic philosophy? We will also tackle culture industries, interpretation, weak thinking (and its contenders like neo-baroque and the postmodern), societal philosophy, and sensual issues from shadows to bodily reactions to art.

    The way we discuss and read texts is based on an attempt to deal with them in the way they were meant to be understood, not by packaging them to fit today's academic norms, or applying them to become 'tools' for us. Some scholars included are not into arts, but our reading might turn them into being meaningful in this context. Thinkers, philosophers and theorists discussed (or mentioned) on the course will include e.g. Abhinavagupta, Adorno, Al-Ghazali, Benjamin, Dewey, Eco, Hegel, Heidegger, Irigaray, de Lauretis, Marx, Ranciere, Shusterman, Sloterdijk, Sontag, Tanizaki and Vattimo.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Coursework and course participation.

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    20 hours of contact teaching,115h independent work  (Doctoral students, who will be expected to present their own research in the context of the course and attend extra sessions: 22 hours.) Pagewise not much, but challenging reading. (Doctoral students: expanded reading list.) Essay writing. Requirement of all schedules activities a minimum of 80%.

DETAILS

Study Material
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Will be given on the course and published on the course blog (which will be sent to the accepted students before the course starts)

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The students (both doctoral in their, and MAs on their course) MUST BE PRESENT on the first session. (This cannot be compensated in any way, as we need to be able to share the .)

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021

    (2021, 2022) - No teaching

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=TAI-E315401

    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

    Registration via WebOodi. Please see WebOodi for registration dates.

    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.