Module Identifier HY34620  
Module Title EXPLORING NINETEENTH-CENTURY EXHIBITIONS  
Academic Year 2004/2005  
Co-ordinator Professor Phillipp R Schofield  
Semester Semester 2  
Mutually Exclusive HY33120 , HY33220 , HY33820 , HY33920 , HY34320 , HY34420 , HY34520  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   20 Hours 10 x 2 hour seminars + individual tutorials  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment 1 SOURCE ANALYSIS (1500 WORDS)  20%
Semester Assessment 1 ESSAY (1500 WORDS)  20%
Semester Assessment 1 PROJECT (5000 WORDS)  60%
Supplementary Assessment NO RESITS PERMITTED IF WORK IS NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED   

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
On completion, students should be able to:
demonstrate familiarity with a body of historical knowledge relating to exhibition and technology in nineteenth-century Britain

demonstrate an understanding of a range of approaches to the study of nineteenth-century exhibitions, including the application of perspectives from other disciplines

read, analyse and reflect critically on primary texts, both archival and printed

construct and sustain historical arguments orally (not assessed), and in writing (assessed), and to do so with reference to specific primary sources

work both independently and collaboratively and to participate in group discussion (not assessed)

Brief description

This module will develop students? critical awareness of historical sources and methods of research through examination of a range of sources relating to nineteenth-century exhibitions. It looks at how popular shows and exhibitions have operated as ways of classifying, domesticating and making sense of the exotic and unusual. It looks at the relationship between the historical development of the exhibition and the rise of consumer culture through the nineteenth century. Through panoramas, magic lantern shows, galleries of practical science and industrial exhibitions audiences learned how to see the alien as part of their own culture, how to understand scientific and technological progress and how to participate in commodity culture.

Aims

This module provides an introduction to nineteenth-century exhibition culture, the material culture of exhibitions and the audiences that attended them. This is a Skills module, the aim of which is to provide second year students with an opportunity to hone skills and approaches applicable to further study in history, irrespective of chronological or geographical focus.

Content

1. Theoretical Reflections
2. Panoramic Vision
3. Science on Show
4. How Does He Do It?
5. The Great Exhibition
6. The Architecture of Display
7. Domesticating Nature
8. Technological Sublime
9. The Art of Projection
10. Animated Photographs

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6