RASL minor+ 

(This programme is only taught in person, not online—unless specified differently). 

Content:

How can we learn to address the 21st century's complicated concerns (such as waste, climate change, global poverty, and so on)? These concerns vary in size, complexity, and scale, necessitating methods, attitudes, and knowledge that transcend disciplinary boundaries. Alternative futures must be conceived and visualized, and this can only be accomplished by combining and validating various bits of knowledge (societal, artistic, intellectual), which will allow us to begin to construct, re-imagine, and decompose and recompose.

In this minor, students from various fields and backgrounds develop theoretical competencies in transdisciplinary research. They collaborate with teachers and community partners to create an environment in which theory and practice, as well as academic and artistic practices, interact to identify and reframe a complex societal issue. This minor was designed to promote transdisciplinary learning and collaborative research within and beyond the arts and sciences. While there are numerous definitions of trans-disciplinarity, we use terms to allow different disciplines and knowledge to intersect and investigate what occurs when they do. We are interested in discovering new ways of investigating, thinking, and making by questioning and collapsing these limits.

 

Format:

We do not teach you a specific method of conducting collaborative, transdisciplinary research. Instead, we provide you with the space, examples, ideas, and resources to develop your own unique approach to cooperating in a transdisciplinary setting while regularly reflecting on the process.

 

Learning Outcomes:

• You can select, map, and frame a complex societal concern from a specific angle using collaborative undisciplinary/transdisciplinary research;
• You can reflect on how you interact with and position yourself in relation to your fellow students, the researched topic, your audience, and the specific context in which you work.
• You can work together to create a transdisciplinary approach for multi-sensory and situated research.
• ·You can show how the research relates to current academic, artistic, and/or societal practices.
• You can work and conduct research within and from a specific societal context.
• ·You can justify and accept responsibility for the decisions you make throughout the learning and research process.

What we offer:

• Skills for collaborating across disciplines.
•  Skills to rethink language in cross-disciplinary collaborations.
•  Skills to examine the limits of your own discipline.
•  Mapping complexities skills
• Guest lectures by established artists and thinkers.
• A shared studio space for all the students.
•  Small excursions.

 

What we expect:

• A willingness to be proactive in your study trajectory.
• The willingness to collaborate with people from other disciplines.
• Having an individual and collective study approach.
• The willingness to self-organize

 

Deliverables::
- Written research document (2000 words). An artistic project

 

Assessment:

• The written document will be individually and asynchronously assessed.
• The artistic component will be assessed after being presented in class.

Learning Outcomes:

•  You can select, map, and frame a complex societal concern from a specific angle using collaborative undisciplinary/transdisciplinary research;
• You can reflect on how you interact with and position yourself in relation to your fellow students, the researched topic, your audience, and the specific context in which you work.
• You can work together to create a transdisciplinary approach for multi-sensory and situated research.
• You can show how the research relates to current academic, artistic, and/or societal practices.
• ·You can work and conduct research within and from a specific societal context.
• You can justify and accept responsibility for the decisions you make throughout the learning and research process.

This minor is open to WdKA students. Students from other institutes are required to send a portfolio and motivation. You will receive more information about this after you have registered for this minor. We advise students from other institutes to register at least one month before the deadline. The admission procedure takes at least two weeks. In case you are not accepted into the minor, you might need some time to register for another minor.

 

Deliverables:

• Written research document (2000 words). An artistic project

 

Assessment:

• The written document will be individually and asynchronously assessed.
• The artistic component will be assessed after being presented in class.

Are you a student from another educational institution and you want to take a minor at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, you can apply in 2 steps as follows:

1)     Register for the minor of your choice via the blue button Enroll. You can find this button at the top right of the minor's page.

Download and fill in the learning agreement

Submit this learning agreement to the Exam Board of your study programme.

Once the Board of Examiners has given its approval, please register for the minor in step 2 no later than 25 may 2025

 

2)    After approval, register in OSIRIS Aanmelding of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences via the link below (create an account first).

           https://osiris.hr.nl/osiris_aanmeld_hrprd/WelkomPagina.do?proces=KOM2509&opleiding=MINOR-WDK-VT+00

Part of the registration process is to upload the following documents:

-   The learning agreement signed by you and by your institution;

-   A scan or photo of your passport or ID card;

You will receive a message from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences whether your application has been positively assessed or not.

In OSIRIS Aanmelding, you must also upload the Evidence Paid Tuition Fee (BBC) for the academic year in which you want to follow the minor. You can request the BBC from your institution after you have signed or issued an authorization for the payment of the tuition fees for the academic year in which you want to take the minor.

You will receive a message from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences when your application has been approved.