memory and nostalgia
5. How can the material traces of age and wear be used in design to provoke memory and nostalgia? Discuss with reference to two contrasting examples of fashion, textile or jewellery practice.
there are four more question can choose to write :
1. ‘Visibility is a trap’. Discuss Foucault’s statement using examples from the
modern urban environment to consider how cultures of surveillance are created
in everyday life
2. With reference to two or three visual examples, consider how artists or
designers have subverted, challenged or questioned gendered stereotypes.
Discuss this in relation to a range theories which may include ‘performativity’,
camp, the dandy or masquerade.
3. ‘…the social body constrains how the physical body is perceived and
experienced’ (Shilling, The Body and Social Theory, 2003, p.65). How far do you agree with
the above statement? Choose at least two examples of the body in culture (art,
film or media etc.) and explore their meanings.
4. Choose an object and using theories of taste construct an analysis of its social
role.
Essay checklist:
You must ensure that your essay:
• States your name, student number and course clearly on the cover page
• States the question you are answering
• Is 1.5 or double-line spaced, printed on A4 paper and simply presented
(stapled or simply bound)
• Has numbered pages
• Uses the Harvard system for referencing: see the Guide to Harvard
Referencing System on Blackboard
• Includes a bibliography (booklist) indicating your sources
• Keeps to the word limit, and states the length on the cover page
• Includes images, and an image list with sources and dates stated clearly
• Discusses the images used in the main body of the text
