ALW301 - Critical Writing for Creative Practice
Unit details
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | unit not offered in 2023 Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Paul Venzo |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2-hour seminar per week (recordings provided) |
Content
Creative practitioners, working across disciplines as broad as the visual arts, performance, and creative writing, are often called upon to engage critically with their own work and that of others. This engagement may take many forms, including artist statements, catalogue essays or exhibition entries, abstracts and peer-reviewed articles for publication, biographical notes, reviews, writing for practitioner websites, public presentations, and exegeses. Students undertaking this unit will learn and practice skills in writing critically about their own creative work and that of others, across a range of forms and contexts. Through analysis of case-studies and applied learning in written assessment, students will discover how to situate their creative practice within conceptual and theoretical frameworks, and relevant cultural contexts, to showcase the impact and significance of creative work and to represent themselves as experts in their chosen field of creative practice. This unit is designed for any student interested in effectively communicating the important ideas and critical thinking that informs, and can be found within, their creative output.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify, discuss and engage with process and form via critical writing in one or more areas of creative practice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Contextualise creative practice in relation to discipline-specific theoretical and conceptual frameworks | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Communicate effectively in critical writing about creative practice | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Test and evaluate ideas about creative practice through critical writing, solving problems through attention to and implementation of feedback | GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Reflection | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2 - Critical Review | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 3 - Exegetical Essay | 1800 words or equivalent | 45% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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