Laura Pinnington's Staff Space

Tutor: Laura Robertson 

Semester 02 - Tuesday (2-5pm) - Room T5-14

This module develops and consolidates your ability to undertake a major photographic research and writing project. You will agree a topic of your choice (appropriate to critical and contextual inquiry) relevant to photographic and associated practice, in conjunction with your supervisor. You will focus on the various approaches to research and the dialectic method. Attention will be paid to ethical research practices and that you are aware of the codes of practice including the utilisation of human participants, environmental and cultural concerns relevant to their topic. Research skills will be developed within the context of the subject area resulting in critical inquiry of an extended essay. It will emphasise the cultural, historical, theoretical and conceptual elements as necessary. Graduate Attributes: Effective Communicator, Life Long Learner.

Image credit: Carl De Keyzer Martin Luther King Day. St Petersburg, Florida, USA. 1990. © Carl De Keyzer, Magnum Photos.

Tutor: Laura Robertson 

Semester 02 - Wednesday (10am-12pm) - Room T5-14

The aim of this module is to develop your knowledge and understanding of the wider concepts, debates and commentaries surrounding photography. Learning will focus on historical, contemporary and possible future developments within the sphere of photography whilst allowing you to prepare evidence of your own research as an underpinning element of your photographic journey. The module aims to develop conceptual thinking within historical and contemporary photographic discourse. Research and study skills are an integral part of the module and blended learning forms part of the delivery process, such as electronic checking of written work and participating in online discussions and research.

Graduate Attributes: Effective Communicator, Self Aware.

Image credit: Khalik Allah, Sapphire smoking, 2013, Magnum Photos