KZB120 Australian Voices
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| Unit code: | KZB120 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | KZB120 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinator: | Courtney Pedersen | cb.pedersen@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The ability to recognise, analyse and engage with key aspects of one’s national artistic culture is an important part of a creative practitioner’s work life. This unit analyses works of contemporary Australian creative practice, focusing on how artistic culture in Australia is positioned in terms of industry and institutions, artistic forms, changing concepts of practice, and the crucial place of First Nations stories. This unit equips you with both creative and analytical skills in a range of Australian contexts and practice areas, that is, Acting, Drama, and Technical Production; Creative Writing; Dance; Film, Screen and Animation; Music; and, Visual Arts. It offers discussion of the breadth and diversity of contemporary works in Australia, and an understanding of the broader cultural contexts of their production. The unit supports your development as a creative arts practitioner by connecting you to national communities of practice and their audiences in Australia and abroad.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the analytical abilities required to write a short essay on an aspect of contemporary Australian creative practice.
- Develop the reflective abilities required to produce a creative response to a contemporary Australian creative work.
- Develop a creative work collaboratively through participation in peer critique groups.
Content
This unit drawns on concept areas guided by the five pillars of Australian arts policy as guiding topics Indigenous art practice: decolonising arts practice in Australia.
- First Nations First: Recognising and respecting the crucial place of First Nations stories at the centre of Australia's arts and culture.
- A Place for Every Story: Reflecting the breadth of our stories and the contribution of all Australians as the creators of culture.
- Centrality of the Artist: Supporting the artist as worker and celebrating artists as creators.
- Strong Cultural Infrastructure: Providing support across the spectrum of institutions which sustain our arts, culture and heritage.
- Engaging the Audience: Making sure our stories connect with people at home and abroad.
Content covered across the unit curriculum include:
- Australian content in storytelling: diversity of creators
- The economies of arts practice in Australia
- The institutions of arts practice in Australia, from libraries to festivals to government bodies
- Australian audiences
- Australian voices abroad: the influence of Australian art globally
Learning Approaches
This unit adopts an integrated program of lectures and tutorials, with a balance of small group, large group, online and individual activities. Guided tutorial activities and critical discussion of writing theories and works will form the backbone of most tutorials. You are encouraged to develop your understanding of the theoretical content of the course through writing and analysis, and through engagement with contemporary issues in Australian creative practice. Workshopping of works in progress will be part of some tutorials.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- Formative feedback on your progress in this unit during tutorials and discussions throughout the semester
- Peer feedback
- Comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets
- Criteria sheet grading
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit consists of two items, an essay and a creative response. The essay is intended to measure your ability to demonstrate the analytical abilities required to write a short essay on an aspect of contemporary Australian creative practice. The creative work is intended to measure your ability to develop the reflective abilities required to produce a response to a contemporary Australian creative work, and to develop a creative work collaboratively through participation in peer groups.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Essay
A 1500-word essay. The essay is intended to measure your ability to demonstrate the analytical abilities required to write a short essay on an aspect of contemporary Australian creative practice.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Creative Response
A creative response to the work of the practitioner you have discussed in Assessment 1. The creative work is intended to measure your ability to develop the reflective abilities required to write a creative response to a contemporary Australian creative work, and to edit and rewrite a creative work collaboratively through participation in peer critique groups.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
All students are requested to visit and review the Health and Safety information on the HiQ web pages (CIESJ Tier 1 HSE requirement).
Resources
Refer to the unit’s Canvas site for links to additional readings (via QUT Readings) and learning resources.
Risk Assessment Statement
For risks associated with using campus buildings or QUT facilities, refer to the HiQ Health and Safety information.
Where substantial computer-based work is required, you are recommended to take regular rest breaks when engaging in prolonged computer-based work, and ensure that your workstation is set up for optimal comfort to prevent strain or injury.