MODULE SPECIFICATION

Code: UA1AFM-20-3	Title:		Participatory Arts & Media; Practice and Context			Version: 1
Level: Level 3	UWE credit rating: 20					ECTS credit rating: 10
Module type: Project
Owning Faculty: SCA				Field: Visual Culture Field Leader: A Partington
Faculty Committee approval: Quality & Standards Committee					Date 25 March 2009 revised and put forward to 20/7/09, approved 20/7/09
Approved for delivery by: n/a
Valid from: September 2009		Discontinued from:
Contributes towards: Graduate Certificate Participatory Arts and Media Professional Practice Graduate Certificate Participatory Arts and Media Professional Practice (Health & Social Care)
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Entry requirements: If the module is offered as CPD or stand alone, indicate the entry requirements Qualified to degree level or equivalent experience as practitioner in the community arts and community media sector.
Excluded combinations:

Learning outcomes:

To enable students to:

Knowledge and Understanding

i) identify and analyse current approaches to participatory practice in wider historical, social and

cultural contexts;

ii) understand accepted terminology and conventions;

iii) demonstrate an understanding of the role of theory in relation to participatory practice;

iv) understand the place of participatory creative practice within other arts/media practices;

Intellectual Skills

v) reflect on the effectiveness of participatory activity within particular social, economic and/or

political climates;

vi) analyse and evaluate the approaches and methods of others;

vii) engage with, analyse and discuss relevant texts in relation to the application of theory and

practice;

Subject/Practical Skills

viii) engage in the range of techniques of their subject specialism used to resolve issues that arise in participatory practice;

ix) demonstrate the development and resolution of their ideas through the communication of their work;

x) research, prepare and present case studies and presentations;

xi) utilize a range of evaluation techniques to analyse and reflect on their own projects, and those of others.

Transferable Skills

xii) understand the implications of different issues and courses of action;

xiii) understand and manage dilemmas and value-conflicts;

xiv) identify interrelationships between wider systems in which community arts/media practice is located

xv) evaluate the impact of their actions on different situations.

Syllabus outline:

Students will complete 3 practical tasks during this module consisting of researching, interpretation and evaluating the field, to be submitted as text and presentations, with supporting research material and/or a self evaluation.

Students are required to engage with and reflect upon their practice in relation to historical, social and political contexts.

Students are expected to apply their understanding to different project contexts, and analyse comparative methods of practical approaches.

The module provides students with the tools to critique and evaluate the working methods and accepted principles of participatory arts & media practice.

Teaching and Learning Methods:

A series of lectures, seminars, workshops and practical tasks, together with on-line lectures and discussions, run during the module. These are designed to support the development of intellectual and practical skills, and encourage students to debate and question their perception of participatory creative practice.

Progress is guided by on-line discussion, group seminars and individual tutorials. Submitted research files and completed tasks form a key part of the student’s learning.

Assessment is conducted through the delivery of projects (tasks) in response to a set brief, and a research file which outlines contextual research submitted as supporting material.

Reading Strategy:

The ‘Essential Reading’ is indicated to supplement student understanding of the subjects covered throughout the module. ‘Further Reading’ will guide students through their selected assessment topics and will therefore be based on student interests under the guidance of tutors.

Essential Reading:

Freire, P

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Penguin Books (1972)

Further Reading:

Allan, J.	Inclusion, Participation and Democracy: What is the Purpose?	Kluwer Academic Publishers (2003)
Coyer, K (Ed)	The Alternative Media Handbook	Routledge (2007)
Goldbard, A	New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development	New Village Press (2006)
Jeffs, T., Smith, M	Informal Education: Conversation, Democracy and Learning	Education Now Publishing Co-operative (1999)
Inclusion Through Media	Beyond the Numbers Game: Performance measures for participatory media work	Goldsmiths/Hi8tus (2007)
Matarasso, F	Use or Ornament: The Social Impact of Participation in the Arts	Comedia (1997)
Richardson, L. D. and Wolfe, M.	Principles and Practice of Informal Education: Learning through Life	Routledge Falmer (2006)
Sefton-Green, J., Sinker, R	Evaluating Creativity	Routledge (2000)

Assessment

ATTEMPT 1

First Assessment Opportunity

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1 1500 word Critical Reflection 60%

2 2 x 600 word assignments 40%

Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is not required)

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1 1500 word Critical Reflection 60%

2 2 x 600 word assignments 40%

Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………

(Associate Dean/Programme Director)