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80 509 OCCAS Moving monuments: Rome
No specific previous knowledge required.
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.
Initially, you are asked to select a monument in Rome, which you will work with and investigate throughout the course. To aid that investigation, a seminar led by six OCCAS teachers 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, counting Tim Anstey, Inga Bostad, Mari Hvattum, Mari Lending, Victor Plahte Tschudi and Even Smith Wergeland, join forces to teach you not only about past monuments but also about the methods that enable us to think, write and talk about them.
The learning outcome is twofold. First, the course offers extensive knowledge of buildings (primarily in Rome) and of the media and materials that convey them, ranging from plaster to the popular press. However, the course is also about research, introducing students to topics such as hermeneutics, archival studies, visual analysis, and textual interpretation. In short, the aim is to turn students into confident researchers able to command and apply contemporary perspectives on a historical material.
The course is structured as a series of mini-seminars organized by the OCCAS teaching staff. One of the seminars takes place in Rome, the others at AHO, consisting of a combination of lectures and workshops. In three assignments, you are asked to present different aspect of “your” monument. Simultaneously you will work on your main presentation under individual supervision.
A short reading list accompanies each mini-seminar, and will be presented in due time.
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks required | Presence required | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Not required | The submission and presentation of three short essays during term in addition to work on final presentation. | |
| Excursions | Not required | One-week field trip to Rome- | |
| Annet - spesifiser i kommentarfeltet | Not required |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe) | Individual | Pass / fail | Evaluation is based on the submission and presentation of three essays. In the essays, you are expected to present "your" monument from the various perspectives examined and discussed at seminars. |
| Oral presentation | Individual | - | 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 |
|---|---|
| Attendance | Attendance and participation in weekly seminars and workshops is expected, and absence may result in a lower grade. |