College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Art and Law
Module LAW2102 for 2020/1
Module LAW2102 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2102: Art and Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
While the module’s precise content will vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction to Art and Law
- Access to and Reuse of the Public Domain
- Art and Decolonisation
- Art and the Internet
- Art and Appropriation
- Graffiti and the Law
- Performance Art and Law
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Indigenous Artifacts and Cultural Content
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 113 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 15 | 5 x 3 hour Seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 5.5 | Film/on-site field trip activities |
| Guided independent study | 55 | 5 hours of reading before each lecture |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Seminar preparation |
| Guided independent study | 5 | Formative preparation |
| Guided independent study | 23 | Consolidation of learning |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Podcasts:
- Hyperallergic / Art Movements, ‘The Relationship Between Art and Law Since the 1960s with Joan Kee’ (2019)
- Hyperallergic / Art Movements, ‘Talking Digital Colonialism with Moreshin Allahyari’ (2019)
- NYU Engelberg Center for Innovation Policy, ‘Why Art Does Not Need Copyright with Amy Adler’ (2008)
- This American Life, ‘We are in the Future: Past Imperfect with Azie Dungey’ (2017)
- Museopunks, ‘Decolonization and its Discontents with Sumaya Kassim and Nathan Mudyi Sentence’ (2019)
Videos:
- will.i.am, ‘Smile Mona Lisa’ (2016)
- The Carters, ‘APESHIT’ (2018)
- American Alliance of Museums, ‘Keynote Speakers: Donoval Livingston and Frank Waln’ (2018)
Other Learning Resources
Exhibitions and Artworks:
- Al-Badri N and Nelles N, The Other Nefertiti (2019)
- Roberts A, No Copyright Infringement Intended (2017)
- Mundy O, I Know Where Your Cat Lives (2014)
- Walker K, Fons Americanus (2019)
- Galanin N, Shadow on the Land, an excavation and bush burial (2020)
