Module: CST5107-20 We Are Here: Photography in the 21st Century

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: James Brown

Module Tutor Contact Details: j.brown5@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This module focuses on the role and agency of photography within contemporary visual and material culture. It reflects on how the creative practice of photography engages with, responds to, and sometimes challenges, the norms, values and expectations at work in our society. The module aims for you to engage with key issues and their significance to both photographic practice and consumption. You will develop and enhance your critical, analytical, and research skills.

2.Outline syllabus:

This module considers contemporary debates and issues that pertain to photography and the creative industries more broadly. We will consider the ways in which photographic practices often engage with social, political and cultural concerns.

3.Teaching and learning activities:

Teaching is by lectures, critical conversations and independant learning activities. Students are encouraged to develop independent and collaborative learning skills, and the confidence to contribute to debates and discussions through set preparation for seminars, formative and summative tasks. Summative assessment will consist of a portfolio of work presented in relevant formats for arts research and writing.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Portfolio (5000 words equivalent)

• % Weighting: 100%