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40 552 Moving Monuments: Rome
Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).
OCCAS Moving Monuments: Rome offers a study of historical monuments. The course teaches you about buildings but also about the techniques and approaches that you need to know to become a scholar.
The students work on one monument throughout the semester. To aid that investigation, the OCCAS team presents a spectrum of approaches to architectural research, intended to guide both you and the monument through history – and history through its many mediations.
“Moving” may refer to the transportation of architecture, but also to the recreation and circulation of monuments in various media and materials, museums and models, print- and preservation strategies. Experts in respective fields join forces to teach you not only about past monuments but also about the methods that enable us to think, talk, and write about them.
Knowledge:
- The course offers extensive knowledge of buildings, sites and monuments (primarily in Rome) and the media and materials that convey them, ranging from plaster casts to the popular press. In short, the aim is to turn students into confident researchers able to command and apply contemporary perspectives on a historical material.
Skills:
- The course is about conducting research, introducing students to topics such as hermeneutics, archival studies, visual analysis, and textual interpretation.
General competence:
- The aim is to turn students into confident researchers able to command and apply contemporary perspectives on a historical material.
Activities count weekly lectures/workshops, field trip to Rome (3 days organized program), the submission/ presentations of three essays, and a final 30-minute lecture.
The excursion to Rome is mandatory and expenses for the trip must be covered by the student.
Course responsible: Eirik Bøhn
Co-teachers/advisors: Tim Anstey, Mari Hvattum, Mari Lending, Thomas McQuillan, Even Wergeland.
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| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks required | Presence required | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Required | Submission and presentation of three short essays during the semester in addition to work on a final lecture. | |
| Excursions | Required | The course includes a mandatory excursion to Rome and expenses for the trip must be covered by the student. | |
| Presence required | Required |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe) | Individual | Pass / fail | The final grade is based on attendance, three essays, and a final paper/ presentation. • In the essays, the students present their selected monument from the various perspectives examined and discussed during seminars. • The final presentation takes the form of a 30-minute lecture for an invited audience, based on a manuscript and complete with pictures. |
| Workload activity | Comment |
|---|---|
| Excursion | The course includes a mandatory excursion to Rome and expenses for the trip must be covered by the student. |