Spring 2020

ETHSTD 190 001 - SEM 001

Advanced Seminar in Comparative Ethnic Studies

"Displaying Race, Displaying Culture: Exhibitions, Film, Photography"

Shari M Huhndorf
Jan 21 2020 - May 08 2020
Tu, Th
2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
Class #:18464
Units:4

Total Open Seats: 8
Consent of instructor required for enrollment.
Enrolled: 12
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 20
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:
6 seats reserved for Ethnic Studies Majors

9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.

In addition to class meetings, an extra assignment/research component will be added to the course to increase contact hours with students. Possible components include additional readings, outside-of-class research projects, and any other project which the instructor feels will add to the value of the course. Topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester.

What is race, and what is culture? How and why have these ideas been represented visually? What roles have such visual images played in colonialism, slavery, patriarchy, and other social hierarchies, and how have people of color protested these uses? Given these histories, is it possible for visual representations of race and culture to serve oppositional purposes? This course takes up questions about the politics of visual representations from the nineteenth century to the present, focusing in particular on exhibitions, film, and photography.

Repeat Rules

  • Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Requirements class fulfills

  • Meets the Carceral Geographies Course Thread
  • Meets the Culture and Globalization Course Thread
  • Meets the Historical & Modern City Course Thread
  • Meets the Human Rights Course Thread

Reserved Seating For This Term

Phase 1 for Continuing Students
Phase 1 for New Undergraduate Students
Phase 2 for Continuing Students
Adjustment Period

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
6 seats reserved for Ethnic Studies Majors