| CODE | SLA3009 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Politics, Society and the Arts, the Cases of Contemporary Spain and Latin America | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Spanish and Latin American Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will explore relevant political and social topics and how these are addressed by contemporary artists from Spain and Latin America. The study-unit be a study of current debates which have a strong resonance within the arts and cultural scene, issues which include the climate crisis, class politics, gender and identity, social and economic inequality, and technology. The main focus would be to analyse how these topics and debates are articulated in the work of established and upcoming contemporary artists from Spain and Latin America, whilst also considering institutional politics and the art market system within these regions. The study-unit will involve discussions which engage with critical and theoretical literature on art and politics today. Study-Unit Aims: The study unit aims to: - introduce students to pertinent contemporary social and political debates concerning Spain and Latin America; - enable students to form correlations between artistic practice and political affairs; - introduce students to multidisciplinary critical perspectives on art and politics; - provide students with the space to discuss and critique art's relationship with socio-politics; - equip students with the tools analyse contemporary works of art from a socio-political lens. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify ways in which the arts formally and thematically engage with socio-political issues; - discuss and describe contemporary political and social topics; - identify principles of socially and politically engaged art; - describe the relationship between artistic practice and political action; - identify how the arts tackle ideological issues. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - analyse and interpret critically a variety of contemporary artworks from Spain and Latin America; - apply theoretical frameworks to works of art; - position works of art within their socio-political context; - critique artworks and texts; - select and recognise contemporary artistic methodologies and styles. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Andrea Giunta, The Political Body: Stories on Art, Feminism, and Emancipation in Latin America, California, University of California Press, 2023. - Mark Anderson and Zélia M. Bora, eds.,Ecological crisis and cultural representation in Latin America: Ecocritical perspectives on art, film, and literature, Lexington Books, Maryland, 2016. - Phoebe Adler, Tom Howells, Nikolaos Kotsopoulos, eds., Contemporary Art in Latin America, Black Dog, London, 2010. - William Dyckes, Contemporary Spanish Art, The Art Digest, Supplementary Readings: - Paul Julian Smith, Vision Machines: Cinema, Literature and Sexuality in Spain and Cuba, 1983-1993, Verso, London, 1996. - Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture - quarterly peer-reviewed journal. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | The language of instruction of this study-unit is English. Studies can follow this study-unit without having any knowledge of Spanish. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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