The aim of Creative Histories (CH) will focus on how you can make a change for social purpose*, by examining creative outputs and practice from historical, sociological, and cultural perspectives. As one of three mandatory units, you will meet and engage with all students across the UAL Study Abroad programme from CSM, LCC and LCF to build networks, and creative communities.
In this project you will orientate yourselves in small teams, to collaborate and develop your proposition and presentation skills. In pairs you will pitch a speculative exhibition proposal delivered as a Pecha Kucha visual presentation.
By being an active researcher, acknowledging what has come before you, you will explore and examine a wide cross section of relevant and / or unexpected areas of interest. This will eventually act as the foundation of this unit, to make positive and impactful social change.
You will participate in a series of online lectures as well as guided visits, exhibitions in museums and art galleries around London, cultural centres and dynamic geographic landmarks each week. You will note take, annotate, and sketch in a research journal to document ideas and contextualise what creativity and culture means to you. This sketchbook will also connect to your London Cultural Studies research. Being critical is key.
Knowledge of the past allows for a considered understanding of why things are the way they are today, which in turn informs an intuition with which to predict future trends, cultural awareness and zeitgeist.
*Read more here about how UAL defines social purpose within creative practice.