Ahua Toi Maori: Customary Design in Contemporary Contexts (ICIB8422)

Level: 
8
Credits: 
30 (0.25 EFTS)
Compulsory: 
No
Aim: 
To critically examine how Māori form and imagery can be applied in an array of contemporary contexts. The course is designed to provide a practical foundation of matauranga Māori and Māori cosmology which are fundamental in understanding and working with Māori form, content and imagery in creative contexts. By exploring the space between Māori and non-Māori approaches to design, students will develop an expert understanding of cultural sensitivity, ethics and appropriate methodologies of key practitioners and theorists associated with a specialist area of study. During this course students will also develop an expert understanding of cultural sensitivity, ethics and appropriate methodologies of key practitioners and theorists associated with a specialist area of study.
Pre-requisites / Co-requisites: 
Students must be admitted to the Master of Creative Practice or the Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Practice or the Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Practice to enrol in this course.
Timetable: 
Choose your class for this course from the option(s) below. You will need to attend all the sessions in that class to complete the course. Where more than one class number is shown, choose one of them and attend all sessions within that class number. (Note: If a class is held in different locations at the same time, you only need to attend all the sessions in one of the locations.)
There are no classes on public holidays.
Note: Currently, this course is not offered for any programme or this course is for an old programme.