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Critical Practices: Bodies, Identity and Politics unit (FSA126)

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Location: Hobart, Launceston

Introduction

We exist as embodied beings: bodies are how we move through the world and how we touch, see, and interact with it. The purpose of the unit is to introduce you to concepts of the body and bodies within creative practice and relevant cultural, historical and disciplinary terrains. The unit explores key issues such as gender, representation, and identity with a focus on bodies as sites of transformation. The unit investigates how social and cultural forces shape bodies, influence aesthetics and reveal cultural ideologies.

You are invited to use creative strategies to investigate the body as a sensual and dynamic force and discuss these strategies through reflective and critical writing. Through experimentation in response to a set of design briefs, you will develop work that seeks to challenge, disrupt or extend concepts of the body.. This unit introduces you to the creative arts emphasis on praxis, where theory is tested and embodied in making and writing.

Summary

Unit name Critical Practices: Bodies, Identity and Politics
Unit code FSA126
Credit points 12.5
College/School Arts and Society
Creative and Performing Arts
Discipline Arts
Coordinator Doctor Karen Hall
Available as an elective? Yes
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Introductory

Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Hobart Semester 1 This unit is available through on-campus delivery Available to International Students Available to Domestic Students
Launceston Semester 1 This unit is available through on-campus delivery Available to International Students Available to Domestic Students
  • Key:
  • This unit is available through on-campus delivery On-campus
  • This unit is available through off-campus delivery Off-Campus
  • Available to International Students International students
  • Available to Domestic Students Domestic students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 1 22/2/2026 16/3/2026 19/4/2026 13/6/2026

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Learning Outcomes

  • Use a variety of oral, written and creative strategies to examine how social and cultural forces shape bodies, identities and politics and inform creative practice.
  • Review creative works relevant to unit themes.
  • Apply processes of material experimentation and reflection to develop and create artwork that responds to unit themes.
  • Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts.

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
109900 $1,192.00 $1,020.00 not applicable $2,972.00
  • Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
  • HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility3
  • FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility4

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2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
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4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Requisites

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

FSA124

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

Weekly on-campus 3hr workshops

AssessmentJournal (25%)|Presentation (25%)|Folio (50%)
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Textbooks

Required

Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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