Introduction to Feminist and Methodologies 1500-SDN-SP-NOKIR-FS
The main goal of the course is to introduce students to the main trends and methodologies of researching contemporary feminist art. We will read texts and watch visual materials that analyze or illustrate the artistic practices of individuals and collectives dealing with broad issues related to women's representations, subjectivity, and social functioning. Our interests include issues such as: the myth of genius, artistic originality, power relations, agency, criticism, and political activism, as well as categories such as gender, body, race, age, and sexuality.
The course will begin with a joint discussion of basic texts on feminist art and an introduction to the basic chronology and concepts such as: waves of feminism in the context of the Cold War, the main areas of feminist art, and the most important exhibitions and critical publications. When possible, we will watch film productions documenting the work of feminist artists. Then we will read a variety of texts on feminist art, including feminist performance, installation, photography, and video, as well as conceptual art made using various media. We will look at feminist art from an ideological and relational perspective and consider its political potential.
During the classes, we will pay attention to the historical context of the emergence of feminist art and its internal tensions and non-heterogeneity. We will also analyze the usefulness of feminist art theory for analyzing various phenomena and aspects of culture, combining it with observations made in the broadly understood contemporary humanities, including materialism, ecocriticism, posthumanism and neuroscience.
Depending on the interests and needs of the participants, we will define the exact thematic and geographical area of the issues discussed. Reading texts in English and Polish will be required, and together we will determine the language of discussion in the classes.
Permitted number of absences: 2.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge. The student knows and understands:
P8S_WG.1 to a degree that allows for the revision of existing paradigms - world achievements, including theoretical foundations and general issues and selected specific issues - appropriate for a given scientific or artistic discipline
P8S_WG.2 main development trends of scientific or artistic disciplines in which education takes place
P8S_WG.3 methodology of scientific research
P8S_WK.1 fundamental dilemmas of contemporary civilization
Skills. The student is able:
P8S_UW.1 to use knowledge from various fields of science or art to creatively identify, formulate and innovatively solve complex problems or perform research tasks, in particular:
- define the purpose and subject of scientific research, formulate a research hypothesis,
- develop research methods, techniques and tools and apply them creatively,
- draw conclusions based on the results of scientific research
P8S_UK.1 communicate on specialist topics to a degree that allows active participation in the international scientific community
P8S_UK.4 participate in scientific discourse
P8S_UK.5 use a foreign language at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Education to a degree that allows participation in the international scientific and professional community
Social competences. The student is ready to:
P8S_KK.3 recognise the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems
P8S_KR.1 maintain and develop the ethos of research and creative communities, including:
- conducting scientific activities independently,
- respecting the principle of public ownership of the results of scientific activities, taking into account the principles of intellectual property protection
Assessment criteria
The final grade is going to be based on the following components:
active participation, familiarity with reading and visual assignments, voluntary presentations.
Bibliography
Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. London: BBC I Penguin Books.
Brennan, Marcia. Painting Gender, Constructing Theory.
Butler, Cornelia. WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution.
Foster, Hal (ed.). Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture.
Harrison, Charles and Paul Wood (eds.) Art in Theory 1900-1990. Oxford, UK and Cambridge, US: Blackwell Publishing.
Heartney, Eleanor and others. After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art.
Jones, Amelia (ed.). The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader.
Kelly, Mary. Imaging Desire.
Kelly, Mary. Post-Partum Document.
Knafo, Danielle. Dancing with the Unconscious: The Art of Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalysis of Art.
Kruger, Barbara and Phil Mariani (eds.). Remaking History: Discussions in Contemporary Art, vol. 4. Seattle, Bay Press.
Munro, Eleanor. Originals: American Women Artists.
Orton, Paul and Griselda Pollock. Avant-Gardes and Partisans Reviewed.
Pollock, Griselda. Vision & Difference: Femininity, Feminism and the Histories of Art.
Reckitt, Helena (ed.) Art and Feminism. New York: Phaidon Press.
Robinson, Hilary (ed.). Feminism-Art-Theory: An Anthology 1968-2000.
Sherman, Cindy. Untitled Film Stills.
Slatkin, Wendy. Women Artists in History: From Antiquity to the Present.
Sturken, Marita and Lisa Cartwright. Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture.
The list may be extended/modified upon students’ preferences.
Notes
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Term 2024L:
Language: English or Polish with most readings in English, to be decided with the students |
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