TAD4603

Research methods in art and design PG

(A&D)

6 points + 3 hours of lectures and tutorials and 9 independent study hours per week + First semester + Caulfield

Synopsis: The topics cover a wide range of areas, which may include simple techniques in information technology and efficient management of bibliographic resources, but will also extend to discussions of topics such as postmodern theory, difference studies, structuralist theory, the classical distinction between iconography and iconology, poststructural writing, literacy criticism, deconstruction, paradoxes in the histories of otherness, the critique of mainstream histories and dominant ideology. Positivist paradigms of knowledge and research are critically examined for their applicability to the practicing arts.

Assessment: Two assignments (1800 and 4200 words): 30% and 70%