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The Veil and the Arts: Discourses and Experiences around the Veil in Contemporary Works — APA2201.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Burcu Seyben
Credits: 4
The veil, the headscarf or hijab has been a very controversial issue all over the world. It has also been the subject of many artworks produced both by veiled women themselves, or by others. Some of these art works serve and create the discourses of nationalism. colonialism, patriarchy, and Islamophobia, while others (especially those which have been created by veiled women)
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The Village Privileges of North Bennington — APA4153.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
In earlier years one had to obtain a Privilege in order to use the public waterways. That term has since been changed to “License” which has changed our perceptions; thus devaluing in name the right that comes with access to our most precious resource as a species. Through this course, entrepreneur, innovator, businessman and Bennington alum Bill Scully will collaborate with
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The War in Ukraine — POP2354.03

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
In this course, we will examine the chain of events that led up to the invasion of Ukraine ordered by Vladimir Putin. To what extent does the war in Ukraine represent the final collapse of Cold War-era understandings of international peace, with a ‘return of violence’ that scuttles international agreements in favor of preemptive defense? We will also consider the Ukrainian
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The WAR Room for Free and Fair Elections (2022 and 2024) — APA2231.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
As a current response to the events leading up to and occurring on January 6th, 2021 and the threat to democracy specifically related to free and fair elections, this class will engage in a practical assessment of what is going on in each local, county, and state precinct in each State in the United States to determine where the threats are to free and fair elections for the
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The World in 2050 — APA2280.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 4
What do you think the world will look like circa 2050? Futurists predict computers that host digital uploads of our brains, water crises, recycling breakthroughs, flying cars, shapeshifting skyscrapers, regenerating body parts, mass extinctions and experimental de-extinctions. To navigate the vastness of possible futures--from utopian to dystopian--the class begins with a leap
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Theatre and the Arts for Peace and Reconciliation — MED4102.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How can Theatre, Visual Arts, Music and Dance build international peace, or help youth in at-risk situations, or help victims of genocide, or heal the environment?  Guest artists will discuss their particular projects, and students will investigate various efforts, both local and international, that involve the Arts for peace or social action.  Students will write
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Theories of Revolution — SPA4119.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Over the past two centuries, in an apparently perpetual movement towards democratic independence, Latin America has confronted ruptures in tradition and experimented with a variety of revolutionary discourses to project its multiple pasts into the future. This course will read the postcolonial back into the European and US epistemai, and vice-versa, exploring how Latin
CAPA Languages

There Are No Sidelines: Universal Health Approaches to Firearm Injury Prevention Part 2 — APA2449.02) (cancelled as of 12/13/2021

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
Despite decades of political advocacy for gun control, the health toll from firearm misuse in the United States has only continued to rise. Firearm-related injuries and deaths remain among the most urgent, unsolved health emergencies facing our country because society has not yet implemented comprehensive health-based solutions to treat gun violence. The primary obstacle to
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There Are No Sidelines: Universal Health Approaches to Firearms Injury Prevention Part 1 — APA2448.01) (cancelled as of 12/13/2021

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
Despite decades of political advocacy for gun control, the health toll from firearm misuse in the United States has only continued to rise. Firearm-related injuries and deaths remain among the most urgent, unsolved health emergencies facing our country because society has not yet implemented comprehensive health-based solutions to treat gun violence. The primary obstacle to
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Thought, Action, and Passion: Fundamentals of CAPA — APA2118.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: elizabeth coleman; susan sgorbati
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
For a long time we have disconnected the activity of thinking from that of doing. In addition to the impoverishment of both thought and action that results from this separation, we have lost touch with the emotional and intellectual intensities that the integration of thought and action generate. This course reconnects thought, action and passion by focusing on exploring the
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Tools for the Advancement of Public Action: The Destruction and Rebuilding of a Democratic Future-An Intergenerational Conversation — APA2031.02

Spring 2025
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
Staggering change and suffering have occurred around the world in the last month. These changes are leaving many scared and uncertain for their futures and for the future of a free and civil society. This series aims to understand the gravity of the problems before us and how to address them. Students and guests will contrast the former workings of American politics to the
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Toward a Just Transition — ENV2121.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: John Hultgren
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

How do we transition to a low-carbon economy in a manner that doesn’t reinscribe the social and environmental injustices that have plagued our fossil-fueled economy? On one hand, the continued burning of fossil fuels is producing environmental crises that threaten to destabilize the very foundations of collective life, with poor and historically

CAPA Environment Society Culture and Thought

Transformative Justice — APA4167.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Alisa Del Tufo
Credits: 2
What is the difference between restorative and transformative justice? How can the concepts of transformative justice be used in campaigns for social justice? Can transformative justice be used to replace or supplement the criminal legal system in the United States? These are all questions we will explore in this 4000 level course. We will explore the reasons why the
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Transformative Justice: Changing Ourselves and the World — APA2252.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Alisa Del Tufo
Credits: 4
Transformative justice is a set of theories and practices that offers a new approach to changing systems and institutions. These methods reflect the values of  restorative practices generally: accountability, empathy, positive communication and healing. In this era of challenging culture cultural expressions Transformative Justice offers us ways to strengthen and maintain
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Tuesday Soup-er Club Intensive: Bennington Foodscape — APA2168.02

Spring 2020
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Credits: 2
This is a trans-disciplinary course that investigates local food sovereignty. Incorporating activities such as collective soup making to intersect with academic research and theoretical reading, this course aims to enhance our overall understandings about the modern day food chain (i.e. industrial food production and systems of distribution). The Soup-er Club will create
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Tuesday Soup-er Club: Cooking is Power — APA2168.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Credits: 2
This is a transdisciplinary course that investigates local and global food sovereignty. Incorporating activities such as collective soup making to intersect with academic research and theoretical reading, this course aims to enhance our overall understandings about the modern day food chain (i.e. industrial food production and systems of distribution). Through collaborative
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Understanding Food Insecurity in Bennington 2 — APA2253.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: tatianaabatemarco@bennington.edu
Credits: 4
As part of the Mellon Foundation grant addressing Food Insecurity in Bennington County, this class will engage with last year's overview of the programs currently being offered in Bennington, the best practices in our area and afar, and new projects that have been developed moving forward. Understanding Food Insecurity in Bennington County 2 will develop and sustain current
CAPA Environment Society Culture and Thought

Understanding Food Insecurity in Bennington 3 — APA2442.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
As part of the Mellon Foundation grant addressing Food Insecurity in Bennington County, this class will engage with the last two years’ overview of the programs currently being offered in Bennington, the best practices in our area and afar, and new projects that have been developed moving forward. Understanding Food Insecurity in Bennington County 3 will develop and sustain
CAPA Environment

Understanding Food Insecurity in Bennington County 1 — APA2173.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
The issue of food insecurity has long been on the minds of those who live in Southern Vermont. In fact, Bennington County has been identified by the USDA as a “food desert”, meaning significant portions of its residents have limited access to healthy or locally-produced food. This course, the first in a sequence of three, will explore and review past initiatives, best practices
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Understanding Media — APA2443.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Understanding Media is a critique and analysis of media including television, radio, film, social media and the internet, focusing on contemporary popular genres, such as movies, talk shows, news programs, children's programs, and advertisements. There will be a strong focus on corporate media consolidation and its impact on content, uses, functions, and audiences. Students
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Understanding Media — APA2443.02

Spring 2025
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Understanding Media is a critique and analysis of media including television, radio, film, social media and the internet, focusing on contemporary popular genres, such as movies, talk shows, news programs, children’s programs, and advertisements. There will be a strong focus on corporate media consolidation and its impact on content, uses, functions, and audiences. Students
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Understanding PFOA in Our Water — APA2158.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 2
In 2014, the chemical Perfluorooctanoic acid (C8 or PFOA) was discovered in the drinking water in the Village of Hoosick Falls, NY. As concern over this groundwater contamination grew, other communities began testing their water for PFOA. As of March 2016, PFOA has been discovered in the groundwater of Petersburgh, NY, Merrimack, NH, and in North Bennington, VT (the public
CAPA Science and Mathematics Environment

Understanding PFOA: Science and Policy — ENV2173.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: David Bond and Janet Foley
Credits: 2
The water supply of Hoosick Falls, NY, Bennington’s western neighbor, has been contaminated with Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by past industrial activity. PFOA is an “emerging contaminant” that is correlated with a range of health problems. This course will investigate the capdavidjanetsocial and physical aspects of this ongoing disaster, from how the regulation of chemicals
CAPA Environment

Understanding PFOA: Science and Policy — ENV2173.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 2
The water supply of Hoosick Falls, NY, Bennington’s western neighbor, has been contaminated with Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by past industrial activity. PFOA is an “emerging contaminant” that is correlated with a range of health problems. This course will investigate the social and physical aspects of this ongoing disaster, from how the regulation of chemicals in the US
CAPA Environment

Unfair distribution: Poverty, inequality and deprivation — PEC4128.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 4
Poverty [defined as absolute deprivation] and inequality [defined as relative deprivation] are the two key concepts that allow us to talk about unevenness in income distribution and the unfairness in distribution of economic goods and economic opportunities amongst people.  This course traces the roots of these two key concepts in welfare economics, and asks: What causes
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