ARTS 2004 - Arts Masterclass: Visiting International Academics
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2020
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code ARTS 2004 Course Arts Masterclass: Visiting International Academics Coordinating Unit Arts Faculty Office Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 6 hours per week for 6 weeks Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites At least 12 units of Level I undergraduate study Assessment Minor assessment: in-class presentation (30%), Major assessment: essay (60%), Participation (10%) Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Kim Barbour
This course will be taught by Professor P. David Marshall. Prof Marshall holds a Professorship and Personal Chair in New Media, Communication and Cultural Studies at Deakin University in Melbourne Australia. He is the world-leading scholar in the study of celebrity and public personality systems. Along with many articles and book chapters, Professor Marshall’s books include Persona Studies: An Introduction (2019), Advertising and Promotional Cultures: Case Histories (Palgrave, 2018), Celebrity and Power (Minnesota, 2nd edition 2014), Celebrity Persona Pandemic (Minnesota, 2016), New Media Cultures (Oxford Arnold, 2004), Web Theory (2003) and Fame Games (Cambridge, 2000). His edited or co-edited books include A Companion to Celebrity (Blackwell-Wiley, 2016), Contemporary Publics (Palgrave, 2016), and The Celebrity Culture Reader (Routledge, 2006). His current research has focussed on the concept of persona and the now associated sub-field of Persona Studies which investigates the strategic construction of the public display of the self, both in its online forms and in other transforming contexts. His forthcoming research and publications include: the General Editor of the 6-volume Cultural History of Fame (for Bloomsbury Academic), and the future book Emoji Culture and Gestural Communication (McGill Queens University Press, 2020). His expertise has led to interviews published in many newspapers including the New York Times, Globe and Mail and the Sydney Morning Herald as well as appearances on other legacy media including the BBC, CNN, Fox News, the ABC and many other media outlets around the world. Professor Marshall has also appeared in the recent documentary film about celebrity called Big in Japan (2017). Along with occasionally publishing more journalistic articles and other media, he maintains a very intermittent personal blog at www.pdavidmarshall.comCourse Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
1 Demonstrate an understanding of inter-disciplinary scholarship 2 Identify, analyse and communicate the international perspectives of knowledge 3 Critically analyse a variety of written and/or visual texts 4 Apply creative approaches to learning and knowledge acquisition 5 Independently research and present a large project University Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Required course textbook is
Marshall, PD, Moore, C, and Barbour, K (2020) Persona Studies: an Introduction. Wiley Blackwell.
This is available for purchase through online bookstores in both hardcopy (hardback or paperback) and as an e-book - ensure you have access to a copy by the first class.
Additional readings and other learning material will be available through MyUni. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Arts Masterclasses are taught in an intensive mode, with up to 6 hours of class time a week for the first six weeks of semester taught by the visiting academic, and guided independent study for the remaining time.Workload
No information currently available.
Learning Activities Summary
Seminar Topic 1 Introduction: What is Persona Studies and how does it relate to Media and Communication? 2-4 Part One: Mapping the historical constitution of self and collective in past and current forms of media and communication 5-7 Part Two: The Mediatization and its Curation: Persona Online 8-11 Analysing Persona 12 Conclusion & Presentations -
Assessment
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- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Task Type Weighting Minor assessment - in-class presentation Formative/summative 35% Major assessment - research essay Summative 55% Active participation 10% Assessment Detail
No information currently available.
Submission
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Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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