Module Details

Module Code: CULT C1701
Module Title: Visual and Material Culture
Title: Visual and Material Culture
Module Level:: 6
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Janette Davies
Module Author:: Brian Garvey
Domains:  
Module Description: This module seeks to introduce essential concepts and research practices related to the study of visual and material culture. It aims to focus upon questions related to culture and ideology, issues of subjectivity and identity formation and the nature of representation in our highly visual environment. An emphasis is placed on the individual development of each student as a self -directed learner where assessment is seen as a means of developing a sense of self reflectivity based on course content.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Demonstrate a good understanding of critical questions and challenges that apply to the fields of visual and material culture by being able to analyse a visual/mass media text.
LO2 Be able to identify and use a variety of research skills options including online research and visual research methodologies such as semiotics.
LO3 Be able to present an appropriately researched topic correctly referenced, supported by quotations and bibliography.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Visual & Material Culture
The subject contents of this programme serve as an introduction to the study of visual and material culture through a detailed overview of a broad selection of visual research methodologies and connected theories. The student will be directed towards identifying theories of Ideology, representation and cultural consumption, as well as research paradigms such as Semiotics , Iconology and Formalism. The programme aims to strengthen the student’s critical awareness while informing and supporting individual concerns in their studio practice.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Multiple Choice Questions % of Total Mark 30
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Class based Pop quizzes /exercises in the application of visual analysis
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 70
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Essay 1,000- 1,500 words typed with illustrations based on a student selected theme /application of a visual analytic methodology.
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Exam Board
It is at the discretion of the Examination Board as to what the qualifying criteria are.
Reassessment Description
Marks for all essays and presentations are collected at the end of each semester. If a student fails to complete an essay, re-assessment can take place if the student obtains the agreement of the tutor to submit completed work at the end of the semester. If a student fails to make a presentation then a written assignment should be set instead.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Contact Hours Every Week 3.00 3
Independent Learning Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Tim Dant. (1999), Material Culture in the Social World, Buckingham, Philadelphia, Open University Press..
  • Stuart Hall (ed). (2013), Representation, Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, 2. SAGE Publications Ltd;, [ISBN: 978-18492056].
  • Sunil Manghani. (2013), Image Studies: Theory and Practice, 1. Routledge, USA, [ISBN: 978-041557340].
  • Marita Sturken,Lisa Cartwright. (2017), Practices of Looking, 3. Oxford University Press, USA, p.490, [ISBN: 9780190265717].
  • John Berger. (1990), Ways of Seeing, Reprint edition. Penguin Books; Reprint edition, UK, [ISBN: 978-014013515].
  • Marie Gillespie & Jason Toynbee (Ed.). (2006), Analysing Media Texts, 1. Open University Press., USA, [ISBN: 978-033521886].
  • Nicholas Mirzoeff (Ed.). (2012), The Visual Culture Reader, 3. Routledge, [ISBN: 978-041578262].
  • Ellen Lupton,Gail Davidson. (2015), How Posters Work, Cooper Hewitt, p.221, [ISBN: 9780910503822].
  • David Crow. (2010), Visible Signs (Second Edition), AVA Publishing, p.192, [ISBN: 9782940411429].
  • Alexis L. Boylan. (2020), Visual Culture, MIT Press, USA, [ISBN: 9780262539364].
  • Michael Holly , Marquard Smith.. (2009), Visualizing Dublin: Visual Culture, Modernity and the Representation of Urban Space, Yale University Press, USA, [ISBN: 978-030013413].
  • Gillian Rose,. (2016), Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials, 4. SAGE Publications Ltd, USA, [ISBN: 978-147394890].
  • Linda King,Elaine Sisson. (2011), Ireland, Design and Visual Culture, [ISBN: 1859184723].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Simon During (Ed). (2007), The cultural studies reader, 3rd ed. London :Routledge.
  • Chris Barker. (2003), Cultural studies : theory and practice, London: SAGE Publications..
  • Ashley la Grange. (2015), Basic Critical Theory for Photographers, 1. Focal Press, UK, [ISBN: 978-024051652].
  • Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. (2006), Reading Images: the grammar of visual design., 2. 4,5,6, Routledge, USA, [ISBN: 978-041531915].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
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