Poetics of the Body 2
Subject UNIB20010 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Level: | 2 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: Semester 1, Southbank - Taught on campus.
Semester 2, Southbank - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 36 hours per semester Total Time Commitment: 120 hours per semester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prerequisites: | Poetics of the Body 1 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Participation Requirements: | For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/ |
Coordinator
Dr Elizabeth PresaContact
Student and Academic Services, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, 234 St Kilda Road, Southbank Vic 3006 Tel: 03 9685 9419Subject Overview: |
This subject offers a further development of the Poetics of the Body subject offered in first year. Students broaden their theoretical and practical knowledge of the human body as constructed through discourses across the creative arts, humanities and sciences. Over the semester students attend a programme of 12 events involving lectures, performances, film screenings, and interviews, all directly related to the Seminar topics. The events programme provides an historical overview of how the body has been understood in different philosophical, medical, scientific, visual and performing arts, and literary traditions from the ancient Greeks through to contemporary philosophy with its focus on Feminist, Phenomenological, Psychoanalytic and Ecological theories. They will be presented by practitioners, academics and researchers form the Arts, Sciences and Social Sciences. Students choose 2 of the following 6 week interdisciplinary Seminars:
Additional seminars may be offered. Seminars include both theoretical and practical components, providing opportunities for experimentation with applications of knowledge and process. |
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Objectives: |
The Poetics of the Body 2 aims to
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Assessment: | Assessment comprising 1 written assigment (800-1,000 words) and 1 performative or practice based group project per Seminar. Assignments (25%+25%); Project (25%+25%). All assignments are due at the end of each 6 week Seminar. There is an 80% attendance hurdle. |
Prescribed Texts: | Poetics of the Body 2 Seminar Reader. |
Recommended Texts: | None |
Breadth Options: | This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:
You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects. |
Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
Generic Skills: |
At the completion of the Poetics of the Body 2 subject students should be able to
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