Today the brief was issued complete with a full description of the task in hand.
There are two components to the assessment. An Essay and supporting Research and Development Powepoint as described below. Both components must be submitted in order to pass the assignment
Written critical assignment 40% (LO3)
You are asked to produce a 2,000 word written assignment. Choose an example of contemporary visual culture from within your own area of study. Discuss ways in which historical and cultural perspectives might be used to interpret its meaning. In your response, make reference to key ideas encountered in the lecture programme. Specific attention should be paid to academic conventions.
Research and development 60% ( LO1) ( LO2)
You will submit a research document in the form of a Powerpoint presentation. Important: Powerpoint’s MUST satisfy the following research criteria:
1) A clear introduction to your presentation, which should include the different
published sources you have used and your reasons for choice. You should use
no less than 5 published sources to inform your presentation. These should not
be Wikipedia references.
2) A clear definition of key ideas relating to your given topic, with supporting
evidence in the form of, no less than, 3 quotations from 3 different published
sources. Quotations must be interpreted and their importance discussed, they
should also be referenced correctly using the Harvard method.
3) The cultural context (political and social) in which the topic came out of/was in
reaction to.
4) An illustrated ‘who’s who’ of key individuals associated with given topic, with a
clear explanation of what you think their significance is and why.
5) Historical examples of key words/images/artefacts associated with given topic
and an assessment of their importance.
6) Contemporary examples of key words/images/artefacts associated with given
topic and a comparison to the historical examples.
7)A ‘bullet point’ conclusion.
8) A bibliography and illustration list correctly set out using the Harvard method
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