TATE MODERN AND GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

(MA accredited module 30 credits)

This popular module forms part of Goldsmiths’ MA in Artist Teachers & Contemporary Practices and also MA in Education: Culture, Language & Identity. The course offers those involved in education:

An opportunity to engage in the study of contemporary art practices and consider how these can be used to explore social and cultural issues

An opportunity to develop subject knowledge informed by contemporary theory in critical and cultural studies

An introduction to a selection of theoretical frameworks including semiotics, hermeneutics, poststructuralism and psychoanalysis

A chance to extend your ability to read and interpret visual art practice.

The module runs on Monday evenings from January to March 2009, alternating between Tate Modern and Goldsmiths, 17.30–20.00. NB If this course is oversubscribed a second module will be programmed from May to July 2009.

For an informal discussion about the MA in Education: Culture, Language & Identity, email Dennis Atkinson at d.atkinson@gold.ac.uk

Goldsmiths, University of London in association with Tate Modern