Module manager: Dr Laura Swithenbank
Email: l.swithenbank@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as an Elective
Interpretations will support you to develop critically-engaged, reflexive and practical understandings of interpretive practice in art galleries, museums and heritage. Interpretations is an action learning module. You will work collaboratively with other students to to develop an online exhibition. Through the module you will be focus on interpretative planning, audience development, writing text, interpretive design, marketing and visitor research. You also build skills of collaboration and project management.
Interpretations supports you to become critically-engaged and reflective practitioners of art gallery, museum and heritage interpretation. You will encounter academic debates concerning dynamics of power, epistemology and representation while undertaking a practical action learning group interpretation project. By the end of the module, you will be able to draw up an interpretation strategy, develop interpretative approaches for specific audiences, communicate with different audiences visually and in writing, understand how to work with people from different backgrounds and be able to project manage and meet deadlines.
On successful completion of the module you will be able to:
1. Apply current interpretive practice and academic debates to the development of an interpretive strategy.
2. Apply understandings of group dynamics and decision-making processes in working collaboratively with peers.
3. Evaluate the dynamics of power, knowledge and representation raised by interpretive practice in art galleries and museums .
4. Account for ethical and political implications of interpretive practice and recognise the responsibilities that emerge from seeking to interpret.
Skills learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Reflection: The ability to recognise and express knowledge and understanding and how it relates to personal experience as a reflective practitioner and the ways in which you work in different contexts.
6. Active learning: The ability to learn on the job, learn proactively and adopt effective learning strategies.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| presentation | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| seminars | 4 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Private study hours | 133 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 17 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
Formative feedback on draft portfolio tasks is given.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Written | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 8/29/2024
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