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

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

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	21/2/2027	15/3/2027	18/4/2027	12/6/2027

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2027 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2027 will be available from the 1st October 2026. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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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

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Mutual Exclusions

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

FSA124

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Weekly on-campus 3hr workshops
Assessment	Journal (25%)|Presentation (25%)|Folio (50%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

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

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