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Course Description:
Course Description:
This course explores how the realm of international politics is visually constructed and how images, films, graffiti, sculptures, monuments, and buildings shape public perception. It uses a multidisciplinary approach and relies on cultural theory, anthropology, political science, and art theory to provide students with a theoretical framework. Case studies will focus on the functions that visual sources perform in international conflicts and in strategies addressing global challenges such as poverty, famine, human rights, refugee crises, climate change and racism. Overall, the course develops students’ analytical skills related to the critical assessment of visual information and encourages them to challenge their thoughts about factors driving world politics.
This course explores how the realm of international politics is visually constructed and how images, films, graffiti, sculptures, monuments, and buildings shape public perception. It uses a multidisciplinary approach and relies on cultural theory, anthropology, political science, and art theory to provide students with a theoretical framework. Case studies will focus on the functions that visual sources perform in international conflicts and in strategies addressing global challenges such as poverty, famine, human rights, refugee crises, climate change and racism. Overall, the course develops students’ analytical skills related to the critical assessment of visual information and encourages them to challenge their thoughts about factors driving world politics.
Onsite classes and a fieldtrip to Brussels (to Budapest or to Berlin) will further enrich students’ study-abroad experience.
Schedule:
Schedule:
Tuesday 1:30-2:45
Thursday 1:30-2:45
Lesson Format: In-classroom lectures and discussions
Lesson Format: In-classroom lectures and discussions
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Pre-Requisites: None
Pre-Requisites: None
Enrollment Limited to 12
Enrollment Limited to 12
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EXCURSION INFO
EXCURSION INFO
Excursions may change
Weekend Course Trip
Weekend Course Trip
Brussels
Brussels
Students will explore the Art Nouveau architecture of Brussels, the European Quarter and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in order to reflect on the dark side of Belgium’s “Congo style,” the role that architecture, art, urban planning and artifacts (displayed in the House of European History) play in the European Union’s identity politics and on the numerous initiatives that seek to contribute to the decolonization of Europe’s “last colonial museum.” Visits to the cinema museum, the puppet theater, and to the comic museum will offer opportunities to analyze the relationship between popular culture and politics.
See description and photos of recent course trip to Brussels on Instagram
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