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KUH3203

Exhibition in Context

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Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Oral exam

About

About the course

Course content

The course introduces the student to different exhibition models and their institutional background. In which ways is a subject matter presented in visual form and how can we understand the museum as a background for the exhibition and further, how can we understand exhibitions as expressions of, say, a city or a nation's self-understanding? This regards exhibitions in museums of art history, cultural history, and art galleries. The course thus touches on exhibition ideas, aesthetics and how exhibitions convey content, and it presents theoretical perspectives for analysis.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will have:

  • thorough knowledge about the institutional background of exhibitions
  • detailed knowledge about the hallmarks of research-based exhibitions
  • good acquaintance with different exhibition models

Skills

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will know how to:

  • conduct a detailed analysis of an exhibition in its context
  • communicate this knowledge in oral and written form

Learning methods and activities

Seminars, excursions and compulsory assignments.

The students are required to keep updated on messages from the department or teacher on Blackboard.

Compulsory assignments

  • 80% mandatory attendance

Further on evaluation

Oral exam based on submitted synopsis.

Grade scale is pass/fail.

Required previous knowledge

Requires a bachelor's degree in humanities, social sciences, or current master's students from the Fine Art Academy.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
KUH2203 7.5 sp Autumn 2016
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • The History of Art

Contact information

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Art and Media Studies