Winter Quarter 2022 Time Schedule

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >12441 A  2       W      130-320    THO  231      Anderson she.her,Cynthia            17/  18  CR/NC               
                        CHID MAJORS & MINORS ONLY                                   
                        CONTACT CHID(AT)UW.EDU FOR ADD                              
                        CODE                                                        

      >12442 A  5       TTh    1030-1220  SMI  304      Handwerk,Gary                       27/  30                J     
                        "LITERATURE & SCIENCE: THE STORIES                          
                        OF SCIENCE"                                                 
                        (W, VLPA)                                                   
                        THIS CLASS WILL EXAMINE HOW                                 
                        SCIENCE CIRCULATES ACROSS SOCIETY,                          
                        IN PARTICULAR, HOW IT RELIES UPON                           
                        STORY FORMS FOR DISSEMINATION.                              
                        THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE EFFECTS                           
                        IN THE MODERN WORLD, HOW CITIZENS                           
                        AND NON-SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND ITS                           
                        NATURE AND PURPOSES DEEPLY SHAPES                           
                        ITS IMPACT. WE WILL LOOK AT TEXTS                           
                        ORIENTED TOWARD POPULAR AUDIENCES,                          
                        ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS OF                           
                        SCIENCE, CARSON'S SILENT SPRING,                            
                        WEART'S DISCOVERY OF GLOBAL                                 
                        WARMING, WILLIAMS' REFUGE, ALSO                             
                        LOOKING BACK TO PORTIONS OF                                 
                        DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES. CLASS                           
                        WORK INCLUDES FREQUENT, UNGRADED E                          
                        RESPONSES AND SEVERAL SHORT                                 
                        ANALYTICAL ESSAYS.                                          

       12444 A  5       TTh    1030-1220  MGH  288      Childs,M                   Open     19/  20                W     
                        "BLACK SEA ECOLOGIES:  POLITICS,                            
                        CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN                             
                        POST-SOVIET SPACE"                                          
                        THE BLACK SEA REGION STANDS AT                              
                        THE CROSSROADS OF CULTURES,                                 
                        CONTINENTS, EMPIRES, AND TIME.                              
                        POLITICALLY TURBULENT, RICH IN                              
                        OIL AND PIPELINES, THE AREA FACES                           
                        CHALLENGES OF ALIGNING WITH IDEAS                           
                        THAT CARE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL                               
                        ISSUES, AS THEY PURSUE THE                                  
                        CAPITALIST PHASE THEY ASPIRED TO                            
                        DURING THE SOVIET YEARS.   IN                               
                        THIS COURSE, WE WILL EXPLORE THE                            
                        INTERSECTION OF POLITICS,                                   
                        CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN                             
                        THIS COLONIZED SPACE:  WHERE DO                             
                        ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FIGURE IN                              
                        STRUGGLING DEMOCRACIES?  WHAT ARE                           
                        ACTIVISTS ABLE TO DO UNDER                                  
                        AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES?  WHAT DO                             
                        INDIGENOUS FOLK TRADITIONS HAVE                             
                        TO TEACH ABOUT THE POLITICS OF                              
                        CARING FOR OUR ENDANGERED PLANET?                           
                        GE REQS: W, I&S                                             

       12446 C  5       MW     330-520    THO  231      Bourgette,Alika            Open     19/  20                      
                        "ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORIES AND                                
                        FUTURES OF BLACK AND INDIGENOUS                             
                        ABUNDANCE"                                                  
                        NATIVE HAWAIIAN WAYS OF KNOWING,                            
                        IN COMMON WITH WORLD VIEWS                                  
                        CULTIVATED BY BLACK AND INDIGENOUS                          
                        POPULATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD,                               
                        HIGHLIGHT ABUNDANCE AS A LIFE-                              
                        AFFIRMING FRAME BY WHICH                                    
                        COMMUNITIES ENACT ABOLITION                                 
                        FUTURES IN THEIR OWN TIME.                                  

       12448 G  5       MW     1230-220   ARC  160      Dwyer,A                    Open     10/  40                      
                        "THE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES IN                            
                        THE PUBLIC SPHERE"                                          
                        (NW, I&S)                                                   
                        THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE WAYS IN                            
                        WHICH LIVING AND DYING ARE                                  
                        DISTRIBUTED UNEVENLY ACROSS LINES                           
                        OF HUMAN AND SPECIES DIFFERENCE                             
                        WITH THE ADVENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE                           
                        AND THE ANTHROPOCENE. BUT IN THE                            
                        FACE OF ACCELERATING CHANGES TO                             
                        THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IN LIGHT OF                            
                        BOTH SHARED AND INCOMMENSURABLE                             
                        ATTENDANT VULNERABILITIES, THIS                             
                        COURSE WILL ALSO QUERY HOW PUBLIC                           
                        PRACTICES OF ENGAGEMENT MIGHT                               
                        INTERVENE. IN SO DOING, WE WILL                             
                        EXPAND HUMANISTIC UNDERSTANDINGS                            
                        OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE. N.B. THIS                             
                        COURSE WILL INVOLVE USE OF                                  
                        SEVERAL DIGITAL TOOLS, MOST                                 
                        NOTABLY, OMEKA. YOU DO NOT NEED                             
                        TO BE TECH-SAVVY, BUT YOU DO NEED                           
                        TO BE WILLING.                                              
                        GE REQS: I&S, NW                                            

       12449 A  5       TTh    330-520    FSH  108      Taranath,Anu               Open     38/  40                B     
                        "RETHINKING DIVERSITY"                                      
                        (VLPA, DIVERSITY)                                           
                        STUDENTS WILL INVESTIGATE THE                               
                        MEANINGS AND IMPLICATIONS OF                                
                        RACE, GENDER, CLASS, SEXUALITY                              
                        AND OTHER SOCIAL DIFFERENCES, AND                           
                        DISCUSS HOW IDEAS ABOUT                                     
                        "DIFFERENCES" AND "DIVERSITY"                               
                        PLAY OUT IN SOCIETY, OUR CAMPUS                             
                        AND LIVES. COURSE TEXTS WILL BE A                           
                        COMBINATION OF SCHOLARLY ESSAYS,                            
                        FILMS, CREATIVE NON-FICTION,                                
                        SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS. THIS IS                           
                        AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE, DESIGNED                            
                        TO WELCOME STUDENTS OF ALL MAJORS                           
                        AND INTELLECTUAL INTERESTED.                                

       12450 A  5       TTh    1230-220   CMU  120      Diment,Galya               Open      4/   5                WBJ   
                        TOPICS IN RUSSIAN LITERARY AND                              
                        CULTURAL HISTORY: RUSSIAN CRIME                             
                        FICTION                                                     
                        FROM CZARS TO COMRADES AND TO NEW                           
                        RUSSIANS, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO IS                             
                        GOOD, WHO IS EVIL, WHO IS UP, WHO I                         
                        DOWN, AND OF COURSE, WHO DUNNIT. AL                         
                        READINGS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSIONS                         
                        ARE IN ENGLISH.                                             

      >12453 B  5       MW     1230-220   MEB  243      Simpson,Caroline C                  14/  20                W     
                        "BAD ART"                                                   
                        (VLPA, I&S)                                                 
                        WHILE BAD ART IS COMMONLY ASSUMED                           
                        TO BE SIMPLY ART LACKING ARTISTIC                           
                        SKILL AND COMPLEXITY, THIS COURSE                           
                        WILL APPROACH BAD ART AS                                    
                        SOMETHING MORE THAN A VALUE                                 
                        SYSTEM. AS A TERM WE WILL TAKE IT                           
                        TO REFER TO A HOST OF ACTIVITIES                            
                        AND PHENOMENA RIVEN WITH                                    
                        CONTRADICTIONS AND                                          
                        MISUNDERSTANDINGS. UNAPPRECIATED                            
                        ARTWORKS IN ONE ERA, MAY, GIVEN                             
                        THE RIGHT SET OF ECONOMIC AND                               
                        POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BECOME                             
                        CELEBRATED AND HIGHLY VALUED IN                             
                        ANOTHER PERIOD.                                             

       12454 B  5       TTh    1030-1220  MGH  085      Garcia,MariaElena          Open      7/  20                %W    
                        "ETHNOGRAPHY OTHERWISE"                                     
                        THIS COURSE INVITES STUDENTS TO                             
                        CRITICALLY EXPLORE AND CONDUCT                              
                        ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. WE BEGIN                             
                        WITH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RESEARCH                           
                        HISTORIES AND ETHICS, FOCUSING ON                           
                        THE COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS OF                                 
                        ANTHROPOLOGY AND RELATED                                    
                        DISCIPLINES. WE THEN CONSIDER                               
                        ALTERNATIVE/DECOLONIAL RESEARCH                             
                        PRACTICES, AND EXPLORE MULTIPLE                             
                        FORMS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC ENGAGEMENT,                           
                        SUCH AS MULTISPECIES, SENSORIAL,                            
                        AND MULTI-MODAL WORK. WITH                                  
                        FACULTY GUIDANCE AND PEER                                   
                        SUPPORT, STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE                             
                        OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE                                   
                        DIFFERENT FORMS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC                             
                        PRACTICE, AND TO WORK                                       
                        INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLABORATIVELY                            
                        ON A FINAL PROJECT.                                         
                        GE REQUIREMENTS: W, I&S                                     

       22148 A  5       to be arranged    *    *                                   Open      0/  10                      

       21855 A  5       TWThF  1030-1120  ECE  037      Alaniz,Jose                Open      4/   5                BJ    
                        COURSE TAUGHT IN HYBRID FORMAT.                             
                        CONTACT INSTRUCTOR FOR DETAILS.                             

       12456 A  5       MW     130-320    MEB  234      Woiak,Joanne               Open      7/   8                J     

       12462 A  5       MW     1230-220   CLK  219      Lucero,Jose Antonio        Open     17/  20                W     
                        "UPSIDE DOWN THINKING WITH THE                              
                        GLOBAL SOUTH"                                               
                        (W, I&S)                                                    
                        IN THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL, POST-                             
                        IMPERIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC                             
                        PROJECTS IN AFRICA, THE AMERICAS,                           
                        ASIA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THIS                             
                        SEMINAR PROVIDES A CRITICAL                                 
                        INTRODUCTION TO DEBATES OVER                                
                        NATION, STATE, DEVELOPMENT, AND                             
                        GLOBALIZATION. STUDENTS WILL                                
                        EXPLORE "MODERNITY" AS A SET OF                             
                        INTELLECTUAL, CULTURAL,                                     
                        POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC PROJECTS                            
                        THAT HAVE CREATED NEW HORIZONS OF                           
                        PROSPERITY AND TREMENDOUS                                   
                        SUFFERING.                                                  

       12463 B  5       MW     830-1020   MGH  288      Rivera,Isaac               Open     10/  20                W     
                        "ABOLITION GEOGRAPHIES"                                     
                        GE REQ: I&S, W                                              
                        THIS COURSE FOREGROUNDS ABOLITION                           
                        GEOGRAPHIES AS A PLACE-BASED                                
                        PRACTICE AIMED AT SPATIALIZING                              
                        THE PRESENCE OF COLLECTIVE-SOCIAL                           
                        LIFE. BY EXPLORING A RANGE OF                               
                        PLACE SPECIFIC STRUGGLES FOR                                
                        ABOLITION, INCLUDING FROM THE                               
                        BLACK RADICAL TRADITION AND THE                             
                        AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT, THIS                              
                        CLASS INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO                                
                        LIFE-AFFIRMING PRACTICE OF                                  
                        ABOLITION.                                                  

      >12465 A  5       T      230-520    MGH  082A     Barr,Nicolaas P.                    16/  25                      
                        "CHID THESIS"                                               
                                                                                    
                        (CHID MAJORS ONLY) CONTACT                                  
                        CHID[AT]UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE.                                

 IS   >12466 B  5       to be arranged                                                       1/  10E                     

 IS   >12467 A  5       to be arranged                                                       4/  10E                     

 IS   >12468 A  5       to be arranged                                                       8/  10E                     

       12469 A  2       W      130-320    SWS  125      Thurtle,Phillip S          Closed   12/  12  CR/NC               
                        MAKING IDEAS ACTIONABLE WITH                                
                        DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN COMMUNITIE                         

       12470 B  2       F      430-620P   DEN  110      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open      4/  12  CR/NC               
                        DISSING MEDIA: WE WILL PAIR MODERN                          
                        REPRESENTATIONS OF DISABILITY IN                            
                        DIGITAL MEDIA WITH THE WORK OF MODE                         
                        DISABILITY ACTIVISTS TO                                     
                        DISSECT HOW THESE DEPICTIONS CONNEC                         
                        TO OUR PERCEPTIONS AND HOW THOSE                            
                        PERCEPTIONS TRANSLATE INTO ACTIONS.                         

       12471 C  2       Th     1030-1220  PDL  C101     Schweigert,Val             Open      7/  12  CR/NC               
                         QUEERING CINEMA: AN INTERSECTIONAL                         
                        ANALYSIS OF QUEERNESS AND QUEER COD                         
                        IN FILM THAT WILL UTILIZE THE                               
                        PERSPECTIVES OF NARRATIVE BUILDING,                         
                        STORYTELLING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, AND                           
                        QUEER THEORY                                                

 IS   >12472 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10                      

 IS   >12473 B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10  CR/NC               

       12474 A  1-5     MW     130-320    LOW  102      Pauwels,Heidi R            Open      0/   5                WJ    
                        GENDER AND THE HINDU GODDESS                                
                        EXPLORES IMPLICATIONS OF THE                                
                        PERCEPTION OF A FEMININE DIVINE                             
                        FOR                                                         
                        GENDER ISSUES IN SOUTH ASIA.                                
                        INCLUDES HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF                             
                        GODDESS WORSHIP IN SOUTH ASIA,                              
                        MYTHOLOGIES, PHILOSOPHICAL                                  
                        SYSTEMS,                                                    
                        CULTS, AND RITUALS ASSOCIATED WITH                          
                        THE MAJOR GODDESSES, THE PHENOMENA                          
                        OF SUTTEE, GODDESS POSSESSION, AND                          
                        WOMEN'S GODDESS RITUALS AT THE                              
                        VILLAGE LEVEL.                                              
                        GE REQ: VLPA, DIV                                           

 IS   >12475 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       2/  15E                     
                        CHID INDEPENDENT STUDY                                      

 IS   >12476 B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E CR/NC               
                        CHID INDEPENDENT STUDY