General information

Course name	Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-03 Key Topics in Cultural History: US American Art
Subtitle
Course number	10-76-4-D2/WD2-03
Semester	SoSe 2025
Current number of participants	51
expected number of participants	35
Home institute	Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type	Seminar in category Teaching
Next date	Tuesday, 17.06.2025 12:15 - 13:45, Room: SFG 1020
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja

Lecturers

Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund

Rooms and times

SFG 1020: Tuesday: 12:15 - 13:45, weekly (14x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Art has transformative power. Social movements use art to protest against inequality and oppression, to raise awareness and to stimulate activism. Thus, art may contribute to an aesthetics of change. We will examine posters, fliers, murals, graffiti, photography, paintings, installations, mixed media works, and digital art in order to understand the role of visual art in contemporary cultures. Possible topics include feminism, anti-racism, environmentalism, gay and queer interventions, labor movements, First Nations etc. Students will work in groups and present their findings in class sessions. Exploring the cultural expressions and aesthetics of intervention may give new insights into the interaction of cultural, aesthetic, political, economic and social forces.

Requirements:
• regular attendance and oral participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• non-graded assessment: oral presentation (handout and PowerPoint presentation)
• graded assessment: oral presentation and term paper to be submitted by September 15

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

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