Glass Art and Science Seminar II
Code
10844
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
Christopher Damien Auretta, Robert Wiley
Weekly hours
3
Total hours
42
Teaching language
Inglês
Objectives
(i) learning plan/knowledge acquisition:
- conceptualize key ideas at work in modernity as seen in manifestations of artistic and cultural creations
- discern the major role played by scientific and techno-scientific rationality in our understanding of our social and personal worlds, as well as their representation and mediation by artists and their works
- understand, by way of analysis of representative artistic and scientific works, the close and complex connections between the objective representation of the world (natural sciences and engineering sciences) and our understanding of life by way of the interpretive arts closely connected to the immanent structures of our historically-conditioned subjectivity (arts and artists)
- acquire a greater understanding of the basic techniques of written and oral communication
- understand how to research, document and organize a written report and/or essay as well as oral presentations
- master essential rules of argumentation in order to develop an informed point of view on a given topic and express ideas in accordance with varying degrees of abstraction
(ii) skills acquisition plan:
- correctly identify, summarize and develop the content, point of view and conceptual framework of aspects of modern artistic and scientific culture
- contextualize phenomena of artistic and scientific culture in a diachronic, dynamic perspective
- evaluate written texts and spoken discourse requiring a high degree of analysis and interpretation in a coherent manner and with conceptual fluency
- produce critical discourse concerning problematic aspects of the works discussed in this seminar
- communicate in oral and written form the (self-)understanding of contemporary culture in a thoughtful and coherent manner for the purpose of fomenting critical debate
Prerequisites
Be enrolled in either the first or second tier in one of FCT''s university programmes.
Subject matter
SECOND SEMESTER (SIX TOPICS AND AN ONGOING WRITING WORKSHOP)
- ART AND ARTIST/SCIENCE AND SCIENTIST: MANIFESTOS, LETTERS, DIARIES, AND INTERVIEWS/ AT THE CROSSROADS OF THEORY AND CASE-STUDIES/PRACTICE: II
- ART, SCIENCE, AND THE HUMAN COMMUNITY: II
Theory:
Case-studies:
- ART AND THE IMAGE: PHOTOGRAPHY: II
Theory:
Case-studies:
- ART IN MOTION: CINEMA: II
Theory:
Case-studies:
- ART AND THE CITY: MODERNITY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: II
Theory: Excerpts taken from fundamental bibliography
Case-studies:
- ART AND RESEARCH: ART AND THE LABORATORY/ART IN THE LABORATORY: II
Theory: Molecular Art, Bioart, Multi-Media Art
Case-studies:
- WRITING WORKSHOP: II
A practicum for young thesis writers, journaling, and related forms of self-presentation
Bibliography
Anker, Susanne and Dorothy Nelkin. The Molecular Gaze, Art in the Genetic Age; Kahn, Louis, Writings, Lectures, Interviews; Mazlish, Bruce. The Uncertain Sciences; Silvester, David. Interviews with Frances Bacon; Science, Not Art, Ten Scientist’ Diaries;The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing; The Third Culture, Beyond the Scientific Revolution; Wilson, Edward O. Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge
Teaching method
A maieutic approach to the area of reflection in the area of Art and Sciene; analysis and discussion regarding clips, films, essays, etc., examined throughout the semester; a final project presentation (written and oral)
Evaluation method
A written project and oral presentation at the end of the semester; weekly participation in group dialogue with respect to the theoretical texts as well as the case-studies under discussion in this seminar.