MACAP
The MA in Contemporary Arts Practice and Dissemination is the shared outcome of a two-year (2004-2006) Socrates / Erasmus Curriculum Development Project initiated through Dartington College of Arts, UK (www.dartington.ac.uk). The Project set out to address the lack of provision at postgraduate level in the European Union (EU) for a practice-led cross-disciplinary education that focuses on issues of documentation, dissemination, curation, editing, and the cultural contexts and media that surround contemporary arts practice. The collaborative MA emphasises the centrality of information and communication technologies in learning, and their ability to promote innovative and widely disseminated approaches that use practice-based arts methodologies. The inclusion of partners from 2004 EU accession countries and the intention to expand the network and reach-out capabilities of the MACAP project recognises that dissemination and publication, as modes of public engagement with the arts through the extension of its potential forms, boundaries and visibilities, is implicit in most (if not all) arts practice, and helps integrate contemporary arts as a force for change and development within wider cultural and social practices.In this collaborative network environment, participants can test their own positions as practitioners against different disciplinary perspectives and critical frameworks. MACAP provides its students with a unique educational opportunity to engage in focused practice-led research within both academic and professional environments across Europe. MACAP encourages formal and informal circulation with other network institutions and contemporary arts networks utilising the existing Erasmus staff and student mobility programme.
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Course Aims
MACAP aims to provide a practice-led postgraduate level education in contemporary arts practice and dissemination for practitioners and recent graduates who wish to challenge, extend or transform their practice through individual and collaborative practical and theoretical enquiry.
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Course Structure
MACAP is a full-time course running under the Bologna Agreement for 30 teaching weeks (October July) per year over two years and conforms with the 3 + 2 year education standard adopted by the EU in the Bologna Declaration (1999). The Award of MA in Contemporary Arts Practice & Dissemination requires 120 ECTs (60 ECTs per year) full-time. The credits are divided over 5 modules (units) which incorporate both intensive Gatherings (Year 1+2) and the Residency period (Year 2).
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Common Framework
The MACAP common framework consists of a five module (or unit) structure incorporating points of joint assessment and tutorial support, two intensive network gatherings per year, a minimum 3-month residency within a partner institution in Year 2 of the course, and a shared web-resource for information, resources and e-learning delivery (www.ma-cap.net)Key points in the two year structure are:Network Gathering 1 (October / November)
Network Gathering 2 (May)
Proposal 1: for Residency in Year 2 (completed in June)
Proposal 2: for Final Written / Practical Project (completed in January)
Network Gathering 3 (May)
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Student Numbers
The Course aims to recruit 7 students in each year per partner institution giving 35 students per year in the MACAP network (an optimum figure from the point of view of mobility) or a total of 70 students enrolled over two years. For information on how to apply see Admissions
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