Durham
Liberal Arts :: American Studies
AMST 444C (H01) - Picturing America: The Arts & Social Change
Honors/Picturing America
Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Class Size:
20
CRN: 16760
CRN: 16760
How has the camera shaped the way we see ourselves, and the world around us? How are photographers and writers--sometimes self-consciously and sometimes unwittingly affected by the definitions of what it means to be an American? What does something American look like? In this class, we'll try to answer that question in all its complexity by looking at both photographic and written documents, from the late nineteenth century, when photography was a relatively new technology, to the present. How can we "read" a photograph? What kinds of ethical and aesthetic concerns are involved in recording "reality?" What is the relationship between art and social concerns? How do photographs tell stories, and with what consequences?
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Only the following students: Honors Program
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Inquiry (Discovery), Honors course, Fine&PerformingArts(Discovery)
Instructors: Lisa MacFarlane
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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8/31/2020 | 12/11/2020 | T | 3:40pm - 5:00pm | HS 108 |
8/31/2020 | 12/11/2020 | R | 3:40pm - 5:00pm | ONLINE |