Spring 2018 - CA 314 E100
Readings in the History of Art and Culture (3)
Class Number: 12821
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Thu, 5:30–8:20 p.m.
GOLDCORP
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Instructor:
Yani Kong
ykong@sfu.ca
Office: 2885 (Second Floor)
Office Hours: 10:30-12:30 or by appointment
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Prerequisites:
CA (or FPA) 167, 186, 210.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Investigates a selected historical topic in art and culture. May repeat for credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
This reading seminar addresses how artists have confronted the political and social issues of their time. We will explore a historical itinerary that studies the Suffragists, the Avant Garde, the Situationists International, debates from the 60’s and 70’s, Aids Activism, Queer and Feminist Subjectivities, the social turn in the 90’s, responses to war across the decades, and race in a variety of ways. While we won’t be able to respond directly to contemporary events such as Occupy, Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, Idle No More, and the Trump age, this course will adopt a historical approach that will hopefully enrich our contemporary thinking. We will look at socially engaged art practices and works created with political intent as well as challenge ourselves to think critically about works that are not classified under the activist banner. In conjunction, we will look to a variety of forms of resistance and consider their application across the arts. Our aim is to explore the awareness of art to its political conditions and press on the concept of art as a tactic. Is it the task of art to react? Let’s aim to look politically – but not only politically – at these works to explore not just what they represent, but what they make possible.
Grading
- Attendance and Active Participation 10%
- Weekly Written Critiques 20%
- Short Writing Assignment (Feb. 9th) 20%
- Presentation on research in progress (Mar. 22/Apr. 05 10%
- Final Paper (Apr. 13) 40%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
See selections listed in Weekly Readings, made available in Canvas or via web or library. Note: We may agree in class to alter the scheduled readings.
Registrar Notes:
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