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General Information 2
Learning Outcomes 3
General Assessment Information 3
Assessment Tasks 3
Delivery and Resources 9
Unit Schedule 9
Policies and Procedures 11
Graduate Capabilities 13
Recommended Readings: 19
Disclaimer
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General Information
Important Academic Dates
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Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Jillian Kramer
jillian.kramer@mq.edu.au
Contact via Please contact via email.
Y3A 152, Phone: (02) 9850 2252
By Appointment
Tutor
David-Jack Fletcher
david-jack.fletcher@mq.edu.au
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Credit points
3
Prerequisites
15cp at 100 level or above
Corequisites
Co-badged status
Unit description
This unit introduces students to a range of theories that question traditional hierarchies of
value and that enable a critical re-evaluation of the practices of everyday life. This unit
theorises key topics such as: countercultures; oppositional cultures and post-subcultures; the
politics of high versus popular and low culture; and counter-cultural practices in global and
local contexts. The following practices, sites and objects are examined: graffiti, hip hop and
crimes of style; graffiti and the cultural politics of public space; graffiti as a form of political
activism and dissent; the relation between kitsch and high art; the politics of kitsch in the
context of colonialism and Indigeneity; the cultural politics of tourist sites; gigantism and
miniaturism; queer culture, camp and kitsch; and celebrity kitsch.
Unit convenor and teaching staff Credit points Prerequisites Corequisites Co-badged status Unit description
Unit guide CUL 223 Visual Countercultures: Graffiti, Kitsch and Conceptual Art
http://unitguides.mq.edu.au/unit_offerings/73124/unit_guide/print 2
Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate critical skills, informed by cultural theories, that will enable students to reevaluate
those practices of everyday life that are often dismissed as worthless or
ephemeral.
2. Develop analytical skills that will enable students to examine and critique the
presuppositions that constitute those hierarchies of value that classify, judge and position
cultural objects and practices.
3. Develop research skills that will enable students to present theorised, contextualised and
informed accounts of key issues and problems in the context of subcultural and countervisual
practices.
4. Demonstrate communication skills in order effectively and creatively to present research.
5. Employ cultural literacy skills that will educate students on the importance of issues of
cultural difference and ethical relations across diverse social and political contexts.
General Assessment Information
Assessment Tasks
Name Weighting Due
Preparation & Contribution 15% Ongoing
Class Test 20% Week 4 Tutorials (25/08/2017)
Visual Analysis 20% 11:59pm 22nd of September 2017
Final Essay 45% 11:59pm 8th of November 2017
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