Essentially it seems to mean that the first quarter of the time is spent writing your own curriculum. But before the writing comes the reading, and am absolutely loving it! I have never had any art theory or cultural theory education so I thought this might be the hardest bit. But so far it is completely fascinating to find out that other people have tussled with the same questions as me, and have come up with really good ideas.
This is a list of what I have been reading:
Place: a short introduction. Tim Cresswell
Place. Tacita Dean and Jeremy Millar
A guide to the new ruins of Britain. Owen Hatherley
Mapping the terrain: new genre public art. Suzanne LaceyOf other spaces. Michel Foucault
The practice of everyday life (Ch 7 - Walking in the city). Michel de Certeau
Remaking the map. Carly Beswick (Art News Oct 2010)
The body electric: On Christian Nold. Tom Vanderbilt (Artforum International 2007, Vol 45 Iss 7)
Ghostly footsteps: voices memories and walks in the city. David Pinder (Ecumene 2001, Vol 8 Iss 1)
Every book opens my eyes to new ideas and new things to read, and supervisors have also been coming up with suggestions.
My plan is to continue reading until Christmas and then focus on writing my research proposal.
I remember being very impressed with the mapping the terrain: new genre public art, some time back. A lot of my work has been site specific. Probably will continue in some way to be so but not as clear now!! And Place is one I would like to read.
ReplyDelete