Multidisciplinary Laboratory 1

Code:

LMI01

Acronym:

LMI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Fine Arts

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fine Arts Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Art and Design for the Public Space

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MADEP	9	Study Plan_Art and Design for the Public Space	2	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This Unit aims to address the multiple disciplinary field that characterizes the area of operation of the Master's Degree in Art and Design for the Public Space, establishing itself as a laboratory-based research space in which individual research assumptions are tested. The UC intends to ensure the development of a studio culture indispensable to the management and implementation of the projectual practice, at the same time as it articulates with the component of recension to the artistic and spatial knowledge and with the written component of the investigation.

Learning outcomes and competences

Development of content relating to the ongoing investigation; Critical analysis of theoretical references and practical (analysis of case studies); Monitoring and discussion of project(s) in progress and their articulation with the theoretical component; Planning and feasibility of the different stages of the investigation in accordance with the planned schedule and their anticipated results; Review standards and ground rules for the production of scientific/scholarly work; Preparation of 2º Dissertation Draft (refers to a status of the dissertation at the last day of the first semester and includes all advances and content produced by the student to the ongoing investigation).

Working method

Presencial

Program

The program of this unit contains several stages of work that will lead to the creation of the 2º Dissertation Draft. Based on defined program, it is intended to continue the "Project Methodologies and Research I" program through several follow-ups of ongoing research work. On the one hand, these follow-up actions are intended to reflect and discuss the status of the dissertation as well as to ensure compliance with the objectives and timetable set by the student Moreover, these actions also intend to follow the development and implementation of ongoing projects (from the practices of sculpture and art and design for the public space), assess their feasibility and reflect on their results and their articulation with the theoretical component. The results of these follow-up actions will directly contribute to the thesis of the content to include in 2nd Dissertation Draft / Project work.

Mandatory literature

Frieling Rudolf 340; The^art of participation. ISBN: 978-0-500-23858-5
Lefebvre Henri 1901-1991; The^Production of space. ISBN: 0-631-18177-6
Bourriaud Nicolas; Relational aesthetics. ISBN: ISBN 28-4066-060-1
Foster Hal; The^Return of the real. ISBN: 0-262-56107-7
Tufte Edward Rolf; Envisioning information. ISBN: 0-9613921-1-8
Hall Stuart 1932-2014 340; Representation. ISBN: 0-7619-5432-5
Kester Grant H.; Conversation pieces. ISBN: 978-0-520-27594-2

Complementary Bibliography

Bachelard Gaston 1884-1962; La^poétique de l.espace
Barker Emma 340; Contemporary cultures of display. ISBN: 978-0-300-07783-4
Hubbard Phil 340; Key thinkers on space and place. ISBN: 978-0-7619--4963-3
Warner Michael; Publics and counterpublics. ISBN: 1-890951-28-5
Cahoone Lawrence 340; From modernism to postmodernism. ISBN: 0-631-23213-3
Careri Francesco; Walkscapes. ISBN: 84-252-1841-1
Helguera Pablo; Education for socially engaged art. ISBN: 978-1-934978-59-7
Coles, Alex; The Transdisciplinary Studio, Sternberg Press , 2012
Doorley, Scott, Scott Witthoft; Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University , 2012
Finkelpearl, Tom; What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation, Duke University Press Books , 2013
Nelson, Robin (ed); Practice as Research in the Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances, Palgrave Macmillan , 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

In order to follow up the objectives set for UC, the theoretical and practical classes are prepared taking into account the following points: Lectures exposure, discussion and analysis of the already written content; Classes with presentations (with teachers and invited guests) relating to other investigations already carried out, that are, in some way, relevant to the students' research topics; work monitoring and individual and collective criticism of ongoing projects; Preparation, presentation and discussion of written work that will support and integrate the preparation of final work (2º Dissertation Draft / Project Work).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	4,00
Estudo autónomo	25,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Trabalho laboratorial	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Personal participation
Oral communication (discussions and presentations in class context and 2 public presentations)
Delivery of the 2ºDraft of Dissertation / Project Work
Portfolio update with Project work

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation is continuous and results from the integral fulfillment of the work plan with the following parameters: Oral communication (discussions and presentations in class context and 2 public presentations) - 30%; 2ºDraft of Dissertation / Project Work - 30%; Project work - 30%; Personal participation - 10%