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Gray M Kochhar-Lindgren
BIS 493
Bothell Campus
Advanced course offerings designed to respond to faculty and student interests and needs. Topics include French Impressionism, social movements in late nineteenth-century Japan, international business and the changing European economic structure.
Class description
SPRING 2006 - BIS 493D, Special Topics: Technologies of Expression: Book-Film-Computer
In this course, we will explore three fundamental technologies of expressionthe book, film, and the computerand their implications for social and individual identity-formation, cultural critique, and art-making. After a historical overview of the emergence of each of the technologies, we will examine how each functions to shape human identity and how each of us might become more active in the process of self-formation within the contemporary cultural field. We will, throughout the course, work along interdisciplinary lines of history, literature, philosophy, art, and cultural studies.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Active student reading, writing, and research; discussion; web-work; films; mini-lectures.
Recommended preparation
Active participation, curiosity
Class assignments and grading
