Covering Arts and Culture
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Second Main Road, (Behind M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation) Taramani,, 600113
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The course develops the context for reading arts and culture not as a
soft package to be tucked into a conventional week-end journalistic
format, but as central to the very comprehension of how a society
functions. It focuses on the specificity and diversity of the arts and
culture context in India and Asia. It introduces students to the value
of empirical and analytical tools for studying the arts and culture.
The course ranges over the fine and plastic arts, books and literature, visual and electronic arts, performing arts, cinema and mass entertainment, popular expression, craft and design. Several critical issues are addressed, including issues relating to pre-colonial foundations of cultural principles, the makings of a national cultural policy, the tension between state patronage and private funding, and how the arts are housed. Through a brief history and also a contemporary appraisal, students are introduced to the art of reporting the arts - a critique of reviewing.
The course offers opportunities to visit artistic and cultural events, to meet and converse with artists, and to generate an all-round sensibility in this complex area through lectures, debates, discussions, seminars, and actual coverage.
The course ranges over the fine and plastic arts, books and literature, visual and electronic arts, performing arts, cinema and mass entertainment, popular expression, craft and design. Several critical issues are addressed, including issues relating to pre-colonial foundations of cultural principles, the makings of a national cultural policy, the tension between state patronage and private funding, and how the arts are housed. Through a brief history and also a contemporary appraisal, students are introduced to the art of reporting the arts - a critique of reviewing.
The course offers opportunities to visit artistic and cultural events, to meet and converse with artists, and to generate an all-round sensibility in this complex area through lectures, debates, discussions, seminars, and actual coverage.
Covering Arts and Culture
Price on request