Increase your awareness of feminist politics in relation to contemporary art
Learn more about manifestos and feminism’s use of this form
Join a community exploring similar interests and share ideas with them
Experience a MOOC (Mass Online Open Course) in the form of a DOCC
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This will give you an idea of how the lessons are organised and how you are encouraged to follow and look at other materials available online.
The knowledge you acquire in the free 10 lessons will enable you to tackle some of the issues in the paid course.
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Once you have logged in, you can add a photo to your profile, alternatively your Gravitar will appear if the email you used to sign-up is the same as your own blog.
Be aware that everything on the forums and in response postings will be seen by everyone and may be visible on the net to a wider public.
You will receive periodic emails from the course containing updates and news.
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The course offers you opportunities to post thoughtful and reflective responses to the ideas and issues raised.
You can ask questions for other people on the course to comment on or start to develop answers together.
You are encouraged to share examples, interests, ideas or experiences but please remember these will be read by other people.
If you and a group of friends decide to work through the course together, this could give you an opportunity to share work more extensively between you. If you do decide to do this, please be aware other people are also on this course and don’t “shut” them out.
If you are not in this situation of working with friends, don’t worry.
Please respond to the title of the discussion threads appropriately. They are designed to follow issues and ideas arising in response to different lessons.
There is a separate section for feedback about the course itself and any issues you want to raise.
While feedback is welcomed, please try and write considered comments and not one word immediate responses or reactions.
Please also consider your criticism of other people’s positions carefully and offer constructive criticism (i.e. write helpful remarks to other people, not personal ones).
While you are invited to share your experiences of artworks, events or situations that may have happened to you, please anonymise them (i.e. do not put names to unattributed comments – what s/he said – or to those involved in particular situations).
Do not use the forums to “self-promote” future events: these forums are for discussion of issues related to the course, they do not provide a news service or marketing channel for your work or events with which you may be involved. You can add a link to your blog or website to your profile and this will be visible to other people registered on the course.
Any comments which are offensive, racist, sexist or personally abusive will be deleted.
Any inappropriate behaviour will result in users being blocked.
Six lessons, looking at manifestos written by feminists in the art world, as a means to consider questions and ideas about feminism and contemporary art.
A chance to discuss the art and politics of each manifesto.
Learning about these manifestos, may encourage you to write your own!
Curiosity – and very basic computer skills – are required.
You may already be an artist, a writer, a curator or an art historian or a school teacher.
This course would suit anyone who is studying art and art history for a degree or is already on a degree, where nothing is being taught about feminism and art.
It may suit people who are thinking about returning to higher education or a further degree in fine art, contemporary art history, visual culture or cultural studies.
