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Bani Abidi, 'The Ghost of Mohammed Bin Qasim', Digital print, 2006.

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Bani Abidi, 'The Ghost of Mohammed Bin Qasim', Digital print, 2006.

William Eggleston, 'Untitled (Newspaper on ground, grass, California), 2000'.

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William Eggleston, 'Untitled (Newspaper on ground, grass, California), 2000'.

As Interface Editor I recently worked with 60 Art History BA students from Goldsmiths, University of London, on a review writing workshop.

The afternoon consisted of a lecture which put forward several approaches fostered by contemporary commentators on the idea of being critical. This was followed by discussion of texts by Matthew Goulish and JJ Charlesworth which had been distributed to the students the previous week. I followed this with a short presentation focusing on the practicalities of writing a review, offering some guidelines around what the students should attempt to include in their reviews. The students broke away into smaller groups to discuss what they found exciting and what they found worrying about the prospect of writing a review, these ideas were then used as a basis of a whole group discussion.

Students were given two weeks to visit and review an exhibition of their choice, they received feedback on the resulting reviews and were encouraged to upload them to Interface.

Here are some of the reviews that resulted from this project

http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/606081

http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/623271

http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/612976

If you are interested in using Interface as a learning resource then you will find Critical Mass a guide to using Interface with students useful. If you would be interested in arranging for the Interface Editor to run a review writing workshop with your students email rosemary.shirley@a-n.co.uk 

 

 

First published: a-n.co.uk June 2010

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