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Camille L Walsh
BIS 498
Bothell Campus
Individual advanced research on topics conducted under the direction of one or more instructors.
Class description
ART AND LAW (2 credits): This special seminar is co-taught by Professors Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren and Camille Walsh and is designed for students co-enrolled in BISIA 484A "Arts Learning in the Community" (Kochhar-Lindgren) and BCUSP 202 "Introduction to Law" (Walsh) in Spring 2013. Students who have previously taken BCUSP 202 and enrolled in BISIA 484A may also apply to take this special seminar. Focused around the intersections of art and law, you will be invited to engage more deeply with ideas covered in both BISIA 484A and BCUSP 202. In particular, you will be expected to make connections with ideas and readings being covered in the two classes and to apply your emerging knowledge to a series of questions, debates and conversations arising out of the interactions between artistic production and legal practice.
You will meet with Professors Kochhar-Lindgren and Walsh five times in the quarter: every other Tuesday between 3:30 and 5:30 pm, April 2nd, 16th, and 30th, and May 14th and 28th. In addition to these five class meetings, you may be expected to undertake one or two field trips which will be scheduled collectively, most likely for Fridays.
This course is ADD-CODE ONLY and interested students should send an email to both Professors Kochhar-Lindgren and Walsh (kkochhar@uwb.edu and cwalsh@uwb.edu) expressing your interest in participating. You should include any relevant coursework, explain why you’re interested in the seminar, and tell us one thing you hope to learn or gain. You may submit your request for participation as soon as registration starts and until the course is filled.
Student learning goals
You will develop an advanced, interdisciplinary understanding of art and law.
You will engage in collaborative, critical discussion about the contemporary legal issues confronting artists as well as the performative components of legal argumentation.
You will develop analytic skill sets to critically evaluate specific problems arising at the intersection of the two fields.
You will develop analytic skill sets to critically evaluate specific problems arising at the intersection of the two fields.
General method of instruction
The course will take the form of group meetings, collective discussions, guest speakers and student-led presentations of ideas and critiques. Field trips may be organized during the quarter.
Recommended preparation
No prerequisites necessary. It is assumed that students will be willing to work as a team to build a collaborative forum for critique and discussion. Students are required to be enrolled in both Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren’s BISIA 484A "Arts Learning in the Community" and Camille Walsh’s "Introduction to Law" or to have permission from one of the instructors to register for this special seminar.
Class assignments and grading
Short analytical responses (e.g. written or visual essays, creative pieces, presentations) based on readings and field assignments. There will be regular in-class presentations and high expectations for student participation in discussion.
