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Human Rights in Global Politics — POL2111.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Credits: 4

Human rights are universal in principle, but often they are systematically violated in practice, especially in developing countries of the global south. This introductory course explores the international politics of human rights, with a particular focus on the developing world. Topics to be examined in lectures, written assignments, discussions, presentations, simulations and

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Ideas Arrangements Effects — APA2178.02

Fall 2019

Instructor: Kenneth Bailey, MFA Teaching Fellow

Credits: 2

How do we come to understand what we are doing when attempting to change or interfere with a messy complex social problem? How can we know if the thing we want to do to improve a social problem will work or backfire? There are many lessons from psychiatrists like RD Laing to cultural heroes like Hermès on this topic. Ideas Arrangements Effects will overview several lessons from

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Ideas Arrangements Effects — APA2178.02

Spring 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Credits: 2

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Identità e cucina: Food in Italian Regional Cultures — ITA4216.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

Credits: 4

In Italy, regional cuisine is an essential component of local identities and a crucial element to understand diversity in the national context. This course focuses on the food practices and typical dishes of Italian regional cultures as the students advance in the study of the language. This course is offered at the elementary level and conducted in Italian. The class will

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If Only There Were a Mediator Between Us: The Book of Job and Conflict Resolution — MED2119.01

Spring 2018

Instructor: Michael Cohen

Credits: 2

The Book of Job is one of the great philosophical books of the Bible which addresses many relevant issues including, but not limited to, justice, friendship, responding to life's trials. Written as a series of dialogues between Job and his friends its pages address conflict through many forms and issues. We will read and discuss its pages as we explore the process of resolving

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Imagining the Future of the Arts in America — APA4155.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

Credits: 2

Demographic and technological changes are challenging institutions, organizations and practices that traditionally have supported artists in their contribution to American culture. What would it mean to radically rethink the future of arts and culture in America? This course will include a review of the traditional models that have supported American artists historically

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Immortal Media — MS2106.01

Spring 2019

Instructor: Brian Michael Murphy

Credits: 4

In this introductory course, we will analyze media preservation projects that attempt to create immortal media—artifacts that last beyond the end of the world. From the Depression to the digital age, preservationists have responded to the social, cultural, technological, and ecological crises of their moment by projecting fears about their own mortality onto media artifacts,

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Impediments to the Growth of Democracy in the Middle East — APA2358.02) (cancelled 9/6/2024

Fall 2024

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

Credits: 1

This course covers the domestic and international challenges facing the struggle for democracy in Middle Eastern countries, with particular emphasis on Iran. It will focus on the historical and sociocultural underpinning of the democratic concept and examine the causes of democratic success and failure. The struggle for democracy in Iran began in the early 20th century, but

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Improvisation for a Catastrophe — APA2006.01) (level changed as of 5/9/2022

Fall 2022

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Credits: 2

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Improvisation for a Catastrophe: Complexity and Resilience — APA2351.01

Fall 2024

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

Credits: 2

This class will examine the principles of complex systems, improvisation and resilience. Concepts such as self-organization, emergence, pattern recognition, adaptation and non-linear structures will be introduced. Ordinarily, we think of order and form as externally imposed, composed or directed. In this class, however, we will consider new kinds of order, not because they are

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Improvisation, Indeterminacy and Art Intervention — APA2141.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Susie Ibarra

Credits: 4

This course explores art intervention in cities and rural environments that utilize methods of improvisation and indeterminacy to address social and environmental issues. The class will examine the relationships and dialogue between traditional and contemporary practices of problem solving in communities. The class will work on collaborating on the design and

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Improvisation: Methods and Practice — APA2160.01

Spring 2019

Instructor: Susie Ibarra

Credits: 4

This course examines improvisation as a transcultural practice. Improvisation is an important tool in human agency as well as fundamental to many creative practices. The class will study how human beings respond, adapt and communicate in their environment with the use and practice of improvisation. Field Component: Students will assist in documenting and archiving interviews on

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In and Out of Italy: Migration Fluxes Through the Boot — ITA4402.01

Spring 2018

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

Credits: 4

For many decades, Italy's geographical position in the center of the Mediterranean Sea has made the country a preferred port of entry into Europe for migrants coming from North Africa, joined over time by people coming from Eastern Europe, Albania, China, the Far East, South America,, and lately, from Syria. Some of Italy's Southern regions have been in a perpetual state of

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In and Out of Italy: Migration Fluxes Through the Boot — ITA4402.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

Credits: 4

For many decades, Italy’s geographical position in the center of the Mediterranean Sea has made the country a preferred port of entry into Europe for migrants coming from North Africa, joined over time by people coming from Eastern Europe, Albania, China, the Far East, South America, and, lately, from Syria. Some of Italy’s Southern regions have been in a perpetual state of

CAPA Cultural Studies and Languages

In the Public Realm: Chiang Mai Project (Thailand) — APA2182.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Jon Isherwood and Susan Sgorbati

Credits: 4

The Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department's Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Students in this course will examine the definition, unique challenges, history, and implementation of public art. Over the course of the

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In the Public Realm: Chiang Mai, Thailand Art in U.S. Embassy Project (Part 2) — APA4242.01

Fall 2020

Instructor: jisherwood@bennington.edu

Credits: 2

The Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department's Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This course is the second half of a year-long experience that began in the spring of 2020. Students who participated in the first term are

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In the Public Realm: Chiang Mai, Thailand Art in U.S. Embassy Project (Part 3) — APA4243.02

Fall 2020

Instructor: jisherwood@bennington.edu

Credits: 2

The Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department's Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This course is the 2nd half of a year-long experience that began in the spring of 2020. Students who participated in the 1st and 2nd

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