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Course Info for AMST - 825 - 01, Spring 2023
Class number: 2373 Title: Curating Conversations Department: American Studies
Career: Graduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Graded Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 7 Current enrollment: 4 Available seats: 3
Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: T: 6:30PM-9:00PM, SH - N215 Instructor(s): Camp, Jordan
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Course Description:
Scholars in the public humanities are able to facilitate conversations across multiple divides: between disciplines, over different institutional spaces, and in traditional and non-traditional sites of knowledge production. This seminar trains students how to curate such conversations. Through readings and discussion, students will learn a variety of critical theories and methodological approaches to develop their own public humanities projects. Along with key texts, students will learn to engage different forms of evidence such as expressive culture, social movement periodicals, oral histories, museum exhibitions, podcasts, and digital archives By the end of the semester, students will demonstrate a critical understanding of public humanities theories and practices; develop research, writing, and curating skills; and present a project to a panel of researchers, educators, and activists.