Die Arbeit an Gleichwertigkeit: Diskriminierungskritische Zugänge zur Kunst
Ivana Pilić
Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education, Transcultural Studies
2025W, scientific seminar (SEW), 2.0 ECTS, 1.0 semester hours, course number S05813
Gender/diversity/queer-specific
Description
This seminar is aimed at Master's students who wish to engage more deeply with issues of diversity and the mechanisms of discrimination within the arts. Central questions include: For whom do we create art – and with whom? Who remains invisible in our narratives, institutions, and on our stages? And how can we develop working methods that are critically aware of power, sensitive to difference, and less violent?
Drawing on an intersectional understanding of diversity, the seminar introduces theoretical foundations as well as artistic and activist approaches that address structural inequality, questions of representation, and epistemic violence. The Tetrahedron Model developed by Ivana Pilić (Pilić 2024) serves as a practice-oriented tool that interweaves theory, political and artistic practice, and experiential knowledge. It supports the development of discrimination-critical strategies and opens up new perspectives on artistic production and mediation processes.
In addition to joint readings and discussions of key texts, the focus will be on analyzing concrete projects committed to social justice and equity. Through examples from visual arts, performance, film, and curatorial practices, we will explore how stories are told, perspectives made visible, and structures transformed. The goal is not merely to understand diversity as a concept, but to embed it as an active stance within one’s own practice.
Examination Modalities
1. Learning Journal (50%)
Students are expected to keep an individual learning journal that documents their learning process throughout the semester. The journal should include reflections on key concepts and themes, personal insights, questions, moments of irritation, and connections to their own artistic, theoretical, or activist practice.
2. Final Reflection Paper (50%)
Based on the learning journal, students write a final reflection paper (approx. 2–3 pages) in which they explore a self-chosen aspect of the seminar in greater depth. The focus should be on linking theoretical concepts with their own stance and practice, and on critically engaging with questions of diversity, power relations, and possibilities for transformation within the cultural field
Comments
Raum: Seminarraum 25 (VZA; EG) - Der Raum befindet sich im Vorderen Zollamtsgebäude im Erdgeschoss. Adresse: Vordere Zollamtstraße 7, 1030 WIen
Dates
Tue, 07 October 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 14 October 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 21 October 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 04 November 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 11 November 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 18 November 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 25 November 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 02 December 2025, 11:00–12:30
Tue, 09 December 2025, 11:00–12:30
Course Enrolment
From 01 September 2025, 09:00
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject kkp (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 067/003.80
Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 067/003.25
Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject tex (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 071/003.80
Art Education: subject dae (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 072/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 074/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 074/003.25
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
TransArts - Transdisciplinary Arts (Bachelor): Theoretical foundations: Theoretical foundations 180/003.01
Expanded Museum Studies (Master): Electives: Transcultural Studies 537/080.16
Stage Design (2. Section): Kunsttheorie und Kulturwissenschaften: Transkulturelle Studien 542/207.10
Media Arts: Specialisation in Transmedia Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie und Geschichte : Kulturwissenschaften 566/208.15
Media Arts: Specialisation in Digital Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie, Geschichte: Kulturwissenschaften 567/208.15
Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften (Master): Electives Area 1: Transcultural Studies 568/005.09
Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften (Master): Electives Area 2: Transcultural Studies 568/006.09
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Master): Study Areas 4-6: Study Area 6: Transcultural Studies 569/022.06
Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Fundamentals: Humanities 576/203.02
Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 577/203.02
Conservation and Restoration (2. Section): Geisteswissenschaften: Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte 588/204.10
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Free Electives out of Scientific and Research Practice 605/202.80
Design: Specialisation in Applied Photography and Time-based Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 626/203.02
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Bachelor): Economy and Politics: Deepening / Application 700/004.20
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Bachelor): Economy and Politics: Deepening / Application: Transcultural Studies 700/004.24
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible