The course aims to introduce students to the basic elements of ethics in the arts, particularly the visual and performing arts -- a field that has only recently begun to be developed. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand and evaluate the ethical constraints placed on artists and performers, the ethical value of artistic works, and the ethical constraints placed on governments in interventions that regulate public funding of the arts, citizen access to arts education, and possible censorship issues.
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Upon completion of the course, students are expected to:
(1) be acquainted with the main ethical issues related to making art;
(2) be able to analyse and understand philosophical texts in aesthetics and ethics related to visual and performing arts;
(3) be able to clearly outline and discuss the different theoretical and critical positions examined in the course.
Barenboim, D. (2018), Everything is connected, trad. it. E. Girardi, Feltrinelli (26 pages).
Giombini, L. Ethics of artists. A very short introduction.(Booklet, 12 pages).
The texts will be uploaded onto the Moodle system for student use.
Programme
The course on Ethics in Visual and Performing Arts is part of the related or complementary activities of the DAMS Degree Course. The aim of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of some of the main ethical issues related to visual and performing arts, with particular reference to the connection between art and morality in the interpretation of Western classical music with score. The course investigates the conceptual links between art and morality. It is not immediately clear why one can discuss morality in reference to art. Why does art have anything to do with morality? The main theoretical aspects of the relation between art and morality will be examined: 1. Moral agency of artist in a professional domain: professional ethics of artists; 2. The ethical and socio-cultural value of art making and art itself; the educational repercussions of those who approach an artistic career professionally.Upon completion of the course, students are expected to:
(1) be acquainted with the main ethical issues related to making art;
(2) be able to analyse and understand philosophical texts in aesthetics and ethics related to visual and performing arts;
(3) be able to clearly outline and discuss the different theoretical and critical positions examined in the course.
Core Documentation
Kivy, P. (2007), Philosophy of music. An introduction. Edited by Alessandro Bertinetto, Einaudi (chap. XI, XII).Barenboim, D. (2018), Everything is connected, trad. it. E. Girardi, Feltrinelli (26 pages).
Giombini, L. Ethics of artists. A very short introduction.(Booklet, 12 pages).
The texts will be uploaded onto the Moodle system for student use.
Type of delivery of the course
The course will be held in a blended modeType of evaluation
The assessment method consists of an oral examination