Public Culture and Collaborative Practice

Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Humanities and Social Science

Learning Methods

Off Site

Seminar

Tutorial

Module Offerings

7104ENGLIT-JAN-MTP

Aims

1.To facilitate engagement with cultural institutions and organisations so as to enrich the students’ experience of the professional environment of the contemporary cultural industries, and further their understanding of the social, cultural and economic environment of the city region. 2.To create opportunities for students to gain advanced knowledge of the role of the arts in public life and organisations, and to think critically about the productive exchanges between cultural learning in higher education establishments and public cultural environments. 3.To encourage students to gain experience of cultural organisations and/or public engagement projects as a means of reflecting upon their own knowledge and transferrable skills.

Learning Outcomes

Evidence in a written report their contribution to cultural project or event (individually and/or as part of a wider team) which has involved knowledge exchange and collaboration between the academic sector and a professional environment.

Demonstrate their ability to work collaboratively with peers and external partners by exercising effective networking and communication skills, and organisational awareness.

Articulate an appropriate advanced understanding of the complex conceptual frameworks and practical resources that inform the production, publication and dissemination of contemporary literary and/or cultural projects.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Taught sessions will address networking and communication skills and the development of conceptual frameworks that inform the production, publication and dissemination of contemporary literary and cultural projects. Individual tutorials will facilitate reflection and reflexive practice pertinent to the student’s specific project.

Module Overview:
Students are supported in finding experience in an institution or sector which interests them as a possible future career. Support is offered from the ML, Student Futures, and Placement Support teams. Representatives from collaborating cultural partners will be involved in facilitating access to resources and expertise within their organisations and will include the possibility of experience on LJMU-affiliated research and archival projects. From this, students will gain insight into the everyday workings of the project and/or organisation, its policies and its politics.

The practice-based element of the module is underpinned by a series of sessions considering the role and reach of the Public Humanities, and the transferable and professional skills embedded in undergraduate and post-graduate studies of English and the Humanities more broadly.

Additional Information:
Representatives from collaborating cultural partners will be involved in facilitating access to resources and expertise within their organisations. This will include the possibility of experience on LJMU-affiliated research and archival projects. Students will be required to undertake a structured series of visits to these partners and will have access to appointed contacts. From this they will gain insight into the everyday workings of the project and/or organisation, its policies and its politics.

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