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HIF-3211 Arctic Images - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course is a flexible, hybrid online and campus-based course that welcomes participation from external as well as campus students.

The course is elective within the MA-programme in Art history. It may be taken as an elective course within other MA-programmes at UiT and by international students at UiT that hold a BA-degree, or equivalent degree, in the humanities.

Course overlap

KVI-3211 Arctic Images in Art, Visual Culture and the Museum, c. 1600-2020 10 stp

Course contents

The course has a broad perspective on art related to the Circumpolar North/Arctic. The empirical data includes visual arts from the 17th century to the present, as well as photography and other recent media. Through close study of works and projects, the course focuses on the significance and role of the Circumpolar North concerning connections between art, society and the environment. Questions about an Arctic iconography and historiography will be addressed. We will also discuss the roles of art in relation to consepts such as discourse, represention, narrativity, performativity, appropriation, colonialism, memory, monument, gender, identity, ecology and exhibition. Central to the course is an understanding of the Arctic as an arena for current national and global societal challenge.

Application deadline

Applicants from countries within EU/EEA: June 1st for the autumn semester and December 1st for the spring semester. Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for the spring semester and 15 April for the autumn semester.

Admission requirements

A bachelor's degree, or equivalent degree, in the humanities.

Application code 9371 - single courses at master's Level.

Objective of the course

You will have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

You have:

a thorough knowledge of art related to the Arctic, from the 17th century to the present
a basic knowledge of arctic discourses and indigenous issues
a basic understanding of methods, concepts and interpretations related to art and society, visual representation

Skills

You are able to / can:

use the academic language confidently, both spoken and written
conduct analytical work at a level required by a major scientific work
discuss the syllabus literature and use relevant theoretical concepts in a precise and independent manner.
Use relevant critical approaches to develop independent insights about particular texts

Language of instruction

English, students may submit their exam paper in English, Norwegian or other Scandinavian language.

Teaching methods

All learning activities will take place online, in Canvas:

3 modules with 6 online lectures in total:

Arctic iconography.
The Arctic at the museum.
The Arctic in contemporary art.

6 online seminars:

the lecturer presents an introduction/ short presentation of the relevant topic/s in Canvas before the online seminar. Each seminar focuses on a selected work or topic, with relevant texts from the syllabus. Students write and publish a comment (scope: min.100-max. 300 words), which serves as a starting point for the exam/term papers. Active participation in the seminars is required.

All courses are evaluated once during the period of the study programme. The board of the programme decides which courses will be evaluated by students and lecturer each year

Assessment

The following coursework requirements must be completed and approved in order to take the final exam:

active, oral participation in a minimum of 4 online seminars
4 written comments (scope: min.100-max. 300 words), published in Canvas in advance of the seminar

Coursework requirements will be assessed as approved / not approved.

The exam comprises:

3 term papers each 4 pages / a total of 12 pages (developed from texts submitted as comments to the online seminars)

Term papers should use the following standard: Times New Roman, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins.

The term papers will be assessed on an A-F grades scale. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed.

A re-sit examination is offered in the event of a fail/F-grade. The deadline to register (in the Studentweb) for a re-sit examination is January 15th for the autumn semester and August 15th for the spring semester. In the event of a re-sit examination, the student is allowed to submit a revised version of his/her term paper within a given deadline.