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Learning outcomes |
1. Understand the philosophical, historical, and cultural foundations of Aesthetics.
2. Relate theoretical concepts to artistic, visual, and design practices.
3. Develop and deepen the capacity for critical analysis of contemporary design production, paying attention to aesthetic language;
4. Critically analyze aesthetic manifestations in dialogue with social, political, technological, and identity issues.
5. Develop creative and reflective skills for contemporary aesthetic production and criticism.
6. Define and discuss the main concepts of classical and contemporary aesthetics (art, beauty, sublime, aesthetic judgment, aesthetic experience).
7. Recognize and problematize the cultural constructions of beauty, ugliness, and the grotesque in the arts and design.
8. Critically analyze the representation of body, gender, race, and identity in visual and performance productions.
9. Reflect on the impacts of technology and posthumanism on artistic and design practices.
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Syllabus |
1. Introduction to Aesthetics
2. Beauty, Ugliness, and the Sublime in the Visual Context
3. Aesthetics of the Body, Gender, and Identity in the Image and Object
4. Aesthetics, Technology, and Posthumanism
5. Aesthetics, Politics, and Resistance
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Main Bibliography |
BERGER, J., Modos de ver, Lisboa, Antígona, 2018.
BUTLER, Judith; Problemas de Género, Orfeu Negro, 2017.
DEWEY, J., Art as experience, Ed. Perigee, [1934], 2005.
EAGLETON, T. (2005). The Function of Criticism, London, Verso Books.
ECO, Umberto; História do Feio, Difel, 2007.
ECO, Umberto; História da Beleza, Difel, 2009.
EAGLETON, Terry; A Ideologia da Estética, Editora Zahar, 1990.
FLUSSER, Vilém; Filosofia da Caixa Preta, Hucitec, 1985.
GAUT, Berys & LOPES, Dominic McIver. The Routledge companion to aesthetics, London, Routledge, 2005.
KANT, Crítica da faculdade do juízo [Kritik der Urteilskraft, 1790], Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1992.
RANCIÈRE, Jacques; Estética e Política - A Partilha do Sensível, Dafne Editora, 2010.
SONTAG, Susan; Notes on Camp, Penguin Books, 2018
TURKLE, Sherry; A Vida no Ecrã, Relógio D’Água, 1997.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The final classification of each student will result from the weighting of the following elements:
1. 1 Written Test of Frequency (final); 2. Oral and written presentation of a text on the object of the design, freely chosen, on a theme of the program - the oral presentation will take place in the context of a classroom and the written text is prepared in groups (of 4 students) and must not exceed the 2 pages; 3. 2 individual class reports up to 1 page each.
Weighting: 1. 40%; 2. 50% (20% for the oral part and 30% for the written part); 3. 10%
2. The minimum teaching-learning classification is six (6) values.
3. The course has mandatory attendance of 75% of the total number of expected teaching hours.
4. In order to know the rules of academic integrity underlying the assessment activities, it is recommended to read the Code of Integrity of the University of Beira Interior.
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