Fall 2018 - CA 811 G100
Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar I (5)
Class Number: 8818
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Tue, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
GOLDCORP
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Instructor:
Peter Dickinson
peter_dickinson@sfu.ca
Office: GCA 3510
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:00pm or by Appointment
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Critical study of contemporary issues in the fine and performing arts, with emphasis on concerns common to diverse artistic disciplines and the interaction between art and society. Students with credit for FPA 811 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course engages in critical discussion of contemporary issues relevant to the fine and performing arts, focusing on how these issues are taken up across different artistic disciplines, in social discourse, and within MFA students’ individual practices. Weekly readings will be structured around a series of action words (thinking, sensing, feeling, listening, doing, making, being, failing, etc.). Connecting theory to practice, we will use these readings—and the ideas, histories and critical positions outlined therein—as touchstones to generate structured research questions that might then be applied to a final paper/project that bridges the concerns of the course and students’ MFA research, and that may be supplemented through additional practice-based modes of knowledge production (e.g., performance, visual documentation, installation, etc.). When appropriate, and time permitting, we will also apply our seminar discussions to a range of artistic works/movements in theatre/performance, dance, film, music, and visual/media art.
Grading
- Attendance and Active Participation 15%
- Reading/Field Notebook 15%
- Seminar Reading Response and Discussion Facilitation 20%
- Project Proposal and Bibliography 10%
- Final Paper/Project 40%
NOTES:
Topics for weekly readings:
Thinking (Manning and Massumi's Thought in the Act)
Sensing
Feeling
Listening
Doing (Spatz' What a Body Can Do)
Acting
Making
Being
Failing
Disciplining
Composing
Collaborating
Perceiving
Relating
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
A range of PDF Articles will be posted to Canvas
Graduate Studies Notes:
Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS