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Black Studies: Black Spring I — FV4318.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Credits: 2
Students who have taken Black Studies courses in the Fall 2016 term will use this course to realize an exhibition in the Usdan Gallery based on their work and research into the past, present and future of black lives at Bennington College. While the centerpiece of the exhibition will be the collaborative video produced in Black Studies: Black Video Division course, it will be
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Black Studies: Black Spring II — FV4320.02

Spring 2017
Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Credits: 2
Students who have taken Black Studies courses in the Fall 2016 term will use this course to realize physical and digital documentation of their work and research into the past, present and future of black lives at Bennington College. Participants in this practical course will archive and disseminate the work of Black Studies engaging technologies of print media, video
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Black Studies: Black Video Division — FV4317.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Credits: 4
This intermediate video production course imagines the past, present and future of black lives at Bennington College. Through archival work on the history of the Black Music Division, research into contemporary issues of race on campus and speculative explorations of the future of these issues and the aesthetic problems they pose, students will work collaboratively to
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Bringing Creativity to B Corporations — MOD2253.03

Spring 2016
Instructor: Laura Callanan and Robert Ransick
Credits: 1
Certified B Corporations are for profit companies that voluntarily meet standards of transparency, accountability, and performance.  B Corps share a commitment to create higher quality jobs and improve the quality of life in their communities.  Currently certification standards for B Corps consider: the company’s governance structure, how it treats its workers, how it
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Building Regenerative and Resilient Communities — APA2441.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
This course will be an introduction into a new CAPA Initiative called Building Regenerative and Resilient Communities. In response to the pandemic, climate change, social justice inequity, and the problem of food insecurity, there is an opportunity to build our communities whether they are local, regional or global; to imagine the community that we want to live in. Through a
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Business Incubator — MOD2145.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: alison dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
Do you imagine someday starting your own venture? Do you have an idea for a business, organization or social enterprise? Are you a working artist, musician or entrepreneur? Are you considering a self-employed career path? Group sessions and one-on-one coaching will help entrepreneurs develop and hone practical plans to support, strengthen and forward their business ideas.
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Business Incubator — MOD2145.02

Fall 2015
Instructor: Alison Dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
Do you imagine someday starting your own venture? Do you have an idea for a business, organization or social enterprise? Are you a working artist, musician or entrepreneur? Are you considering a self-employed career path? Group sessions and one-on-one coaching will help entrepreneurs develop and hone practical plans to support, strengthen and forward their business ideas.
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Business, Ethics, Society — MOD2146.03

Fall 2014
Instructor: alison dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
What are the relationships between economic, social and ecological prosperity? Is the creation of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society possible given today's economic models and market dynamics? What are our obligations as individuals to contribute to setting the economic agenda for our society? What new approaches and models are redefining the relationship between
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Campaign Coverage in an Age of Disinformation — APA2350.01) (day/time change 7/8/2024

Fall 2024
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Taking Hannah Arendt’s 1967 New Yorker article “Truth and Politics” as a foundational text, this course will examine how the 2024 election is being covered, and should be covered, in an age when basic facts about politics, history, and voting itself are in dispute. Truth and politics have always lived in a wary co-existence, as Arendt writes, but the modern tools of campaigning
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Can Restorative Justice Work in Cases of Intimate Violence? — APA4163.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Restorative practices have been considered inappropriate and even dangerous for situations in which there has been sexual an intimate violence. Why is this and are there ways to bring a restorative approach to harms of this nature? In this class we will read trauma and feminist theory in order to ground ourselves in some of the background literature that has traditionally been
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CAPA Advanced Workshop — APA4256.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
This class is for Seniors who are completing their advanced work in public action. Students will complete a digital portfolio that will include a description of their project, their research, and how they will implement their work in a specific location. The project can be local, regional, national or international. Students are encouraged to connect their Field Work Term to
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CAPA Advanced Workshop — APA4256.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course is for Seniors who are focusing on Advanced Work in Public Action. It involves producing a digital portfolio that will be housed in the Crossett Library. The portfolio includes research, a mission statement, theory of change and a plan of action with supporting materials (video, photography, images, etc.). Students should be engaged in advanced work in a discipline
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CAPA Advanced Workshop — APA4256.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
This course is for Seniors who are focusing on Advanced Work in Public Action. It involves producing a digital portfolio that will be housed in the Crossett Library. The portfolio includes research, a mission statement, theory of change and a plan of action with supporting materials (video, photography, images, etc.). Students should be engaged in advanced work in a discipline
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CAPA Advanced Workshop — APA4256.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
This course is for students who are doing advanced work in public action. Students create a digital portfolio that includes a project in a specific local, national or international community. Students will build this portfolio over the term that includes their research, documentation and a final showing of work. Most students connect this project to work in another discipline
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CAPA BYC Catalogue 2025 (Building Your Community) — APA2029.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
In 1968, during the heyday of the '60s counterculture and the turmoil of the Vietnam War, the Whole Earth Catalogue was published. The publication's motto was "access to tools" providing readers with 'do it yourself' advice that could allow them to be more self-reliant and get more in touch with nature. This class is for students to envision the Future Community Catalogue 2025.
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CAPA Workshop: Rethinking Education — APA4208.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Liz Coleman
Credits: 4
We start with as deep and thoughtful an exploration as we can manage of what education should be, then look at what it is in order to take on the challenge of what it will take to close the gap between the two. We focus initially on the United States where its historic position as a model to the world with respect to public education has radically altered. Despite having a
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CAPA Workshop: Rethinking Education — APA4208.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Elizabeth Coleman
Credits: 4
*** Time Change *** We start with as deep and thoughtful an exploration as we can manage of what education should be, then look at what it is in order to take on the challenge of what it will take to close the gap between the two. We focus initially on the United States where its historic position as a model to the world with respect to public education has radically altered.
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Changing Our Lens Part 2 — APA4314.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This is a continuation of Changing Our Lens Fall 2023. New students are encouraged to enroll in order to become acquainted with the philosophy and history of restorative justice as well as the psychological underpinnings of these practices. Students who have already been in other restorative justice classes will work at a deeper level and continue to practice restorative
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Changing Our Lens Part 2 — APA2025.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Alisa Del Tufo
Credits: 4
This is a continuation of Changing Our Lens Fall 2023. New students are encouraged to enroll in order to become acquainted with the philosophy and history of restorative justice as well as the psychological underpinnings of these practices. Students who have already been in other restorative justice classes will work at a deeper level and continue to practice restorative
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Changing Our Lens: Restorative Justice on Campus and Off — APA2022.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Alisa Del Tufo
Credits: 4
Restorative Justice is a set of values and practices that are having a considerable impact on the way our justice system, schools, workplaces, conflict zones and communities think about and enact justice. Restorative Justice asks: What if harm doers were given the opportunity to take responsibility and make amends? If survivors were able to be active participants in defining
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Choreography of Attention — APA2342.02

Spring 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Attention is a primary way we shape experience from perception. In this class, makers in all disciplines are invited to examine the movements of attention in relation to their work and how this choreography affects the experience of the viewer, the reader, the listener, the participant. Through readings, we will deepen our understanding of attention as seen from different
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Cities Art Forum — APA4151.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Susie Ibarra
Credits: 4
Cities have defined many artist’s work, while artists have also defined and help build cities. Art has transformed public spaces and created economic growth. It has provided a critical eye and ear for what is not being seen or heard. While collaborating with health programs and supporting children’s education, art also grapples with poverty, and speaks out on human rights
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Cities Arts Forum — APA2117.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Susie Ibarra
Credits: 2
Cities Art Forum will explore and discuss the current trajectories of cities through the relationships and works of artists with cities. Cities have defined many artist’s work, while artists have also defined and help build cities. Art has transformed public spaces and created economic growth. It has provided a critical eye and ear for what is not being seen
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City and Hinterland — Canceled

Fall 2014
Instructor: valerie imbruce
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Cities have always been intimately connected to their rural hinterlands. The waterways and farmland surrounding cities gave rise to urban commerce and population density. In turn, urban growth resulted in the pollution and destruction of the natural environment. Now, as rural to urban migration continues at rapid rates, cities face the new challenge of housing over half of the
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Civil Society in Conflict Resolution — POL4248.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Credits: 2
Civil society is the arena of autonomous associational organization and activity. It has been credited with promoting various virtuous outcomes, including democratization, development, and social peace. This course critically surveys civil society’s roles in peacemaking and peace building. We will explore theoretical controversies regarding civil society’s forms, norms, promise
CAPA Society Culture and Thought