Course Information - Graduate
Students who are enrolled in our Graduate by Research programme may find on this page the list of courses offered in the Department.
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NM5218Â Cultural Policy
| Course credits: | 4 |
| Workload: | 0-3-0-4-3 |
| Prerequisites: | Nil |
| Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): | Nil |
This course introduces cultural policy studies as a distinct domain of cultural studies. It examines the stakes involved in defining and operating within cultural policy studies by analysing the practices of cultural industries, art institutions, cultural planning and participation, and creative economies. Students will evaluate specific instances of cultural policy development, and produce studies of cultural practices in order to re-think perceived notions of identity, representation and power. Students completing the course will appreciate the relationship between critical analysis and policy orientation in cultural studies and be familiar with specific instances of cultural policy development at national and international levels.
NM5219 Critical Design
| Course credits: | 4 |
| Workload: | 0-3-0-4-3 |
| Prerequisites: | Nil |
| Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): | NM4225Â Speculative and Critical Design |
The course explores, from a critical stance, various techniques of design thinking and user experience design in the context of emergent technologies and near future scenarios. Critical and speculative design practices, such as design fiction, action research and community-based technology and citizen science initiatives are employed to reflect upon new technologies through prototyping, storytelling and speculative design scenarios. These techniques bridge philosophical modes of inquiry and design practices, encouraging debate about the social, cultural and ethical impact of emerging and future technologies by exploring alternative futures and involving various actors and stakeholders in the decision making related to new technologies.