Students study contemporary and historical art in relation to collective or public memory, as well as personal memory. Memory as a subject, and memory as a tool, are considered in relation to the making of art objects and their reading. The unit looks at art's connection with the past, with history, trauma, loss and remembrance, as well as art's connection with identity, dreams, and childhood. Students gain informed perspectives on how memory is theorised as a phenomenon both real and imaginary, and why it memory often judged as more important to art than history.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Art History |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Ann Elias, ann.elias@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Ann Elias, ann.elias@sydney.edu.au |
Tanya Peterson, tanya.peterson@sydney.edu.au | |
Aleksandr Wansbrough, aleksandr.wansbrough@sydney.edu.au |