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Preparing for Field Work in Public Action — CANCELLED

Fall 2015
Instructor: Erika Mijlin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
This module is designed for Seniors who are preparing to do Field Work related to public action. Seniors working on public action projects are especially encouraged to enroll. As a group, we will discuss and workshop strategies for: clarifying project purpose and goals; connecting this FWT with your Plan; researching and understanding the organizations or groups you will be
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Problems of Political Development — POL4260.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Credits: 4
Many polities in the world today, particularly in the global South, lack durable, legitimate and effective political institutions and governmental systems. These countries are in the throes of wrenching political transitions and crises that compound weak governance institutions with economic malaise, social polarization, cultural‐territorial fragmentation and/or state
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Prototyping An Innovation Lab — APA2446.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
A prototyping environment is a kind of software that supports experimentation and rapid iteration of ideas. For the past 30 years I have worked on a prototyping environment called Max used by musicians and artists around the world — including at Bennington. Through this experience I have learned we can also build an organization as a kind of prototyping environment according to
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Public Policy Forum — APA2154.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Brian Campion and Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
This seven week course on Thursday evenings from 7:10 to 9:00 PM will cover a range of important public policies that are currently being discussed, changed and implemented having to do with race, climate change, clean water, voting rights, health and international relations. Guest speakers from the private and public sector will address these topics. Students will be expected
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Public Policy Forum: Saving Democracy Together — APA2356.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 1
Almost a century ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt alerted Americans to the impending global conflict pitting democracies founded on individual liberty against rising fascist dictatorships pursuing “final solutions.” Drawing inspiration from John Dewey’s progressive philosophy, FDR emphasized, "In this conflict the part which education plays in each ideology is crucial. Democracy
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Public Policy Forum: Understanding January 6 — APA2278.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Join historians, policy makers and educators as we consider the events and decisions that led to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. We will explore the political, racial, economic and cultural roots of this violent event that culminated in the near collapse of the Great American Experiment.
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Public Theatre Lab — APA2015.01) (cancelled 11/16/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
What should a public-facing theater do? Stimulate local business? Enrich the lives of community members? Probe the biggest questions of our time? Support the passions of amateurs? Art-wash corporations? Provide a living wage for professionals? Revive a post-industrial town? Public Theatre Lab is a space to reflect on ways institutions and individuals past and present have
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Queer Feminist Sculpture: The Space Between Us — APA4158.02

Fall 2019
Instructor: Caroline Woolard, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
In this seven-week seminar and studio, students will produce creative, self-directed projects across media (video, sound, sculpture, etc.) that deal with the space between us, or proxemics, the study of personal and interpersonal spatial politics. The seminar will center artists Jeff Kasper and Chloe Bass, in particular Kasper's wrestling embrace, a customizable workshop co
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Race, Class, and Apartheid — POL4207.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
This class examines the South African system of Apartheid, seeking to understand its origins, practice, and consequences. We will read from a wide range of sources including scholarly and political texts to understand how race and class structured South African society and how the transition to a post-Apartheid society has confronted the past. We will frame this discussion by
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Race, Class, Environment — SCT4102.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: John Hultgren
Credits: 4
What is the relationship between racism, economic inequality, and environmental degradation? Are these modes of injustice the consequence of a single overarching structure (e.g. capitalism or colonialism) against which resistance should be aimed? Are they formed by overlapping, but relatively autonomous, structures that nonetheless form a Gordian knot of oppression? Or are they
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Radio Journalism — APA2316.02

Fall 2017
Instructor: Thom Loubet
Credits: 1
While discovery, analysis, criticism, and creativity are essential pillars of the mission of an academic institution, the potential to transform that knowledge into public action is limited by the ability to powerfully and effectively communicate truth to the world.  With that in mind, this class will be an intense seven-week workshop geared towards creating information
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Reading the Headlines through the Conflict Resolution Theory Lens — MED2132.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 2
This course will take a critical look at how news is reported in the media with a particular focus on stories dealing with conflicts. We will read articles from the news with, if you will, conflict resolution glasses on as we analyze the dynamics of different conflicts. We will also examine what gets reported, what does not get reported, and how stories are reported.
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Rebuilding Cities with the Arts — APA2109.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: susie ibarra
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Rebuilding Cities with the Arts with a Focus Study on Sister City Project: Tagum City, Mindanao, Philippines and Bennington, Vermont. Rebuilding Cities with the Arts examines case studies of Cities that have rebuilt themselves after natural disasters, dealing with governance and economic inequity, innovative growth, political change, and response to environmental
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Reflections on the Refugee Experience: What Can I Do? — MOD2168.03

Spring 2018
Instructor: Vahidin Omanovic
Credits: 1
In this Module, students will gain an understanding of the United Nations conventions pertaining to refugees, and the different forms of forced migration. Vahidin will then share his own direct experience of his time as a refugee, specifically how people live in refugee camps and how they are structured and managed. Students will be asked to examine their own responses to this
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Reinventing Radio — APA2159.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Thom Loubet
Credits: 2
With the development of the podcast and online radio, audio documentary has made a major resurgence in popular culture. This course will explore the basic skills and techniques required to tell stories through sound. Along with the technical tools required, the focus will be on learning how audio production can enhance communication with an audience and inform their local
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Reinventing Radio — APA2159.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Thom Loubet
Credits: 4
With the development of the podcast and online radio, audio documentary has made a major resurgence in popular culture. This course will explore the basic skills and techniques required to tell stories through sound. Along with the technical tools required, the focus will be on learning how audio production can enhance communication with an audience and inform their local
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Researching Human Rights — POL4257.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Credits: 4
This advanced seminar explores theories, concepts, methods, and cases in qualitative social science research on human rights. It will provide a venue for students to undertake independent, critical, work on human rights, using existing literature and databases. The course will begin with a discussion of contending conceptions and understandings of human rights, followed by a
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Resilience and Food Access in Bennington, VT — APA2241.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco
Credits: 4
What is a resilient community food system? How is community health impacted by food access and quality? This class will explore these questions through community engagement and research with a focus on sustainable food system interventions in Bennington, Vermont. Resilience is the ability for a system to adapt to changing circumstances, including poverty, climate change, and
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Resilience, Farming, and Food Access — APA2338.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco
Credits: 4
What is a resilient community food system? How is community health impacted by food access and quality? How can we build food systems to adapt to changing climate, poverty, and health crises? What farming systems and practices best support community and ecological resilience? This class will explore these questions through the lens of resilience theory, which describes how
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Resilience, Farming, and Food Access — APA2338.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco
Credits: 4
What is a resilient community food system? How is community health impacted by food access and quality? How can we build food systems to adapt to changing climate, poverty, and health crises? What farming systems and practices best support community and ecological resilience? This class will explore these questions through the lens of resilience theory, which describes how
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