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Class number:
3385
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Title: Antarctica |
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Department: First Year Sem & Colloq |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Graded |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 14 |
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Available seats: 1 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM, LIB - 103 |
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Instructor(s): Hubert, Rosario |
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Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement |
Course Description:
Antarctica is a scientific haven: an entire continent inhabited by an international body of experts clustered in research stations at the end of the world. How has such an exceptional desert -a place with no native population, political autonomy, and of extreme weather conditions- continuously conveyed both fantasies of timelessness and of a future for global warming? This seminar explores artistic representations of this unique place such as photographs from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration; the debates over polar sovereignty during the Antarctic Treaty (1959); and the work of contemporary choreographers, artists, and musicians conducting artistic residencies in the white continent. Combining approaches from literary criticism, environmental humanities, and sources from various cultural traditions, we will rethink Antarctica from a humanistic point of view. |