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Class Art and Nature

  • Presentation

    Presentation

    This Course Unit is optional and it is structured to provide general theoretical and practical concepts in the field of Art and Nature, at a time when, increasingly, the means are being questioned and new forms of action are being sought in the face of the climate crisis and its environmental and social consequences.  
  • Code

    Code

    ULHT7008-12709
  • Syllabus

    Syllabus

    The course's journey leads students to reflect on the following questions: 1. What do we understand today by nature and to what extent are we a part of it? 2. How has the idea of nature been represented throughout the history of art? 3. What contributions do concepts like 'wilderness', 'Anthropocene', and 'post-nature' offer in thinking about our relationship with the natural world? 4. How can artists represent nature in a way that reflects the emotions caused by its increasing exploitation, artificialization, and destruction on a global scale? 5. In what ways can the fascination with the natural world inspire artists to envision more sustainable, empathetic, and just futures for all living beings?
  • Objectives

    Objectives

    This CU aims to: - reflect on the notion of nature, considering its possible interconnections with culture and society.  - map the evolution of the representation of nature in the history of art, relating artistic practices to the dominant cultural and philosophical conceptions of each period.  - investigate concepts such as 'wilderness', 'post-nature', and 'Anthropocene', reflecting on how these influence the understanding of the current relationship between humans and nature. - develop artistic strategies that translate, in a material and sensitive way, the inherent complexity of the very concept of 'nature' and new ecological contexts.  - produce an artistic or research work that demonstrates the student's ability to integrate issues discussed in the course within the scope of their own project.  
  • Teaching methodologies

    Teaching methodologies

    The theoretical classes are structured in thematic blocks that reflect some of the main current issues in the field of nature, such as: climate crisis; biodiversity and extinction; coexistence, symbiosis, and domestication; technology and artificialism; science and other knowledge; care and regeneration; imagined futures. In each block, an interdisciplinary contextualization of the theme is made, followed by the presentation of a selection of works, artists, movements, and thinkers whose production significantly tackles the theme under analysis. This approach allows for mapping contemporary artistic practices and, whenever relevant, establishing connections with historical precedents. The theoretical reflection, articulated with the practical component, enables students to develop work aligned with their interests and research projects, providing an opportunity to deepen a theme or subtheme addressed in class, either through theoretical production or artistic creation.
  • References

    References

    DANOWSKI, Déborah; VIVEIROS DE CASTRO, Eduardo – Há Mundo por Vir? Ensaio Sobre os Medos e os Fins. Lisboa: Antígona, 2023.  DAVIS, Heather; TURPIN, Etienne – Art in The Anthropocene: Encounters Among Aesthetics, Politics, Environments and Epistemologies. Reino Unido: Open Humanities Press, 2015. DION, Mark – The Incomplete Writings Of Mark Dion: Selected Interviews, Fragments And Miscellany. Londres: Art Data, 2017. HARAWAY, Donna J. – Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2017. MCKIBBEN, Bill – The End of Nature [1989]. Nova Iorque: Random House, 2006. MORTON, Timothy – Hyper Objects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2013 INSTITUTE FOR POSTNATURAL STUDIES – La Condición Postnatural: Glosario de Ecologias para Otros Mundos. Madrid: Cthulhu Books, 2024.  LEOPOLD, Aldo – Think Like a Mountain [1949]. Londres: Penguin Books, 2021.
  • Assessment

    Assessment

    De modo a alcançar a concretização dos objetivos e a integração dos conteúdos programáticos acima expostos, os instrumentos de avaliação são os seguintes: 

    1. Trabalho teórico-prático em conformidade com a opção escolhida pelo aluno, ficando o tema a seu critério, desde que justificado no âmbito da UC. Opção 1: ensaio com aproximadamente 3500 palavras; a avaliação terá em conta a clareza e a relevância do tema, a capacidade para desenvolver uma linha de argumentação própria, estruturada e fundamentada por fontes bibliográficas credíveis, bem como a coerência geral e a conclusão. Opção 2: obra plástica no contexto da pintura ou de outras expressões das artes visuais, acrescida de um texto com aproximadamente 1000 palavras; a avaliação terá em conta a originalidade e pertinência do tema, a expressividade, o rigor técnico e/ou conceptual, e a riqueza do processo. Este trabalho será entregue no final do semestre, valendo 60% da nota final na UC. 

    2. Apresentação oral acerca do trabalho em desenvolvimento, com uma contextualização do tema escolhido e da proposta de trabalho em relação ao enquadramento teórico e artístico da UC. A avaliação terá em conta a capacidade do aluno para expor ideias e argumentar, valendo 20% da sua nota final na UC. 

    3. Durante a apresentação dos colegas, cada aluno realiza a sua análise SWOT (clássico modelo de registo manuscrito das forças, fraquezas, ameaças e oportunidades), podendo intervir e expor as razões pelas quais considera benéficos ou ineficazes alguns dos pontos expostos. No final de cada sessão, as análises SWOT são entregues e guardadas pelo docente enquanto base concreta de avaliação (auto e hétero) da UC. Este material escrito de cada aluno vale 20% da sua nota final na UC.

    In order to achieve the objectives and integrate the program content outlined above, the evaluation instruments are as follows:

    1. Theoretical-practical work in accordance with the option chosen by the student, with the topic at their discretion, provided that it is justified within the scope of the UC. Option 1: essay of approximately 3500 words; the evaluation will take into account the clarity and relevance of the topic, the ability to develop a personal, structured, and substantiated line of argument using credible bibliographic sources, as well as the overall coherence and conclusion. Option 2: a plastic work within the context of painting or other expressions of visual arts, accompanied by a text of approximately 1000 words; the evaluation will consider the originality and relevance of the theme, expressiveness, technical and/or conceptual rigor, and the richness of the process. This work will be submitted at the end of the semester, accounting for 60% of the final grade in the UC. 

    2. Oral presentation about the ongoing work, with a contextualization of the chosen theme and work proposal in relation to the theoretical and artistic framework of the course. The evaluation will take into account the student's ability to express ideas and argue, accounting for 20% of their final grade in the course. 3. During the presentations of their peers, each student conducts their SWOT analysis (a classic handwritten record of strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities), being able to intervene and explain why they consider some of the presented points beneficial or ineffective. At the end of each session, the SWOT analyses are collected and kept by the teacher as a concrete basis for evaluation (self and peer) of the course. This written material from each student counts for 20% of their final grade in the course.

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