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Latin America: A Paratext — SPA4495.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
This course will consider the often erroneous marketing of twentieth- and twenty-first century Latin America, both from within and beyond its borders, via an open evasion of reading and a privileging of discussion. A combination of the peritext and the epitext, a paratext is everything but the “text” (whether literature, film, music, or a t-shirt) itself. It is hoped that in

Latin America: A Paratext — SPA4495.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
This course will consider the often erroneous marketing of twentieth-and twenty-first century Latin America, both from within and beyond its borders, via an open evasion of reading and a privileging of discussion. A combination of the peritext and the epitext, a paratext is everything but the “text” (whether literature, film, music, or a t-shirt) itself. It is hoped that in

Latin American and Caribbean Feminisms in Perspective — ANT4106.01

Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
This course will explore feminisms from Latin America through theoretical, analytical, methodological, testimonial and ethnographic literature. The course will weave contemporary writing from Latin America and the Caribbean with decolonized/global South/women of color feminist theory and critique. Specifically, we will explore the growing recognition of localized, yet

Latin American Art Since Independence — SPA2111.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

Latin American Art Since Independence — SPA2111.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: MO,WE,TH 8:30am-9:50am
Credits: 5

Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American painting. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient linguistic ability to focus on movements, ranging from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th

Latin American Art Since Independence — SPA2111.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 5
This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

Latin American Art since Independence — SPA2111.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

Latin American Art since Independence — SPA2111.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

Latin American Critical Theory — SPA4716.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Oddly, perhaps, theory itself, despite its own premises, its ethical veneer and visceral critical posture, has never quite overcome the traditional, global division of intellectual labor. It is applied, and alterity is nominally, similarly, embraced, thus paradoxically resulting in a cultural neo-imperialism that all the while overtly denies its own imperialist practices. The

Latin American Critical Theory (o, más allá de la alteridad) — SPA4716.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Oddly, perhaps, theory itself, despite its own premises, its ethical veneer and visceral critical posture, has never quite overcome the traditional, global division of intellectual labor. It is applied, and alterity is nominally, similarly, embraced, thus paradoxically resulting in a cultural neo-imperialism that all the while overtly denies its own imperialist practices. The

Latin American Ensemble — MPF4113.01

Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

This course will focus on the performance of Latin American music from all over the Americas, including South, Central, and North America, the Caribbean, and beyond. The ensemble will combine hands-on learning of diverse vocal and instrumental repertoire, traditional instruments (particularly percussion), and performance practices. Students will receive a thorough background

Latin: Katabasis — FLE4326.01

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 2
This intermediate Latin course will examine the theme of katabasis -- descent into the underworld. Special attention will be paid to book six of Virgil's Aeneid and its relationship to Homeric precedents. We will read selections from Ovid (Orpheus and Eurydice) and examine Lucretius' philosophical vision in De rerum natura. Lucan's unique adaptation of epic katabsis in the

Latinx Avant-Garde — LIT4125.01

Instructor: Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Credits: 4
“Rather than sit at our drafting table as aesthetic innovators, we Latin@ poets are expected to normalize our histories and tell the ancestral tales of our colorful otherness” write Carmen Giménez Smith and John Chávez in their introduction to the anthology Angels of the Americlypse. How do expectations of the Latinx experience as filled with colorful papel picado, calaveras,

Laura Gilpin & The Platinum Print — PHO4251.01

Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Credits: 4
This intermediate/advanced course will explore the life and work of the American photographer Laura Gilpin, (1891-1979), and culminate in a class-curated exhibition in Usdan Gallery. Her work will be situated within the context of 20th century photography movements of the Photo Secessionists, Pictorialism, and Modernism. Students will also learn the platinum/palladium process

Layers Upon Layers - Animated Collages — MA4326.01

Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 4
The class will include a mixture of creating assemblages in a variety of means and materials. Objects will be cut out with scissors or the laser cutter, animated with pins or digital pins in software (After Effects), layers will be used to create depth in three dimensions, a multiplane or using the Z axis. Movement will be animated using software or an animation track and

Layers upon Lines — MA4313.01

Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: FR 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The class will be both looking at abstraction as well as more figurative based work. The class will include a mixture of creating assemblages in a variety of means and materials, and using both digital and analogue means from paint, to sand to animated forms. Objects will be cut out with scissors or the laser cutter, animated

Le cinéma-monde d’Alice Diop — FRE4723.01) (day/time updated 5/2/2023

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 4
Alice Diop has offered, for decades now, a deep and powerful cinematographic representation of France and the world. In this course, students will refine their linguistic, cultural, and critical skills while studying Alice Diop’s films, from “Les Sénégalaises et la Sénégauloise” (2007) until “Nous” (2020). Students will also closely examine the composition of her literary and

Leadership impact accelerator — MOD4205.02

Instructor:
Credits: 1
The problems we face today are too great for any one person to solve alone. But what does it practically take to lead meaningful change and advance public action? What leadership capacities are needed now to move ourselves and others forward strategically and adaptively in a changing world? This three-session leadership retreat will support student leaders and change agents who

Leadership in Diverse Groups — MOD2260.01

Instructor:
Credits: 1
This module will examine the components of leadership in groups. Coverage will be given to empirical work that focuses on different styles of leadership and their intersection with group elements such as composition and diversity, negotiation, intra- and intergroup relations, and social justice. Key outcome dimensions to be considered include performance, interpersonal

Leading in Uncertain Times — APA2171.04

Instructor: Alexis Frasz with Robert Ransick
Credits: 1
We are living at a time of great flux, where many of the political, economic and social systems and structures that prior generations took for granted are breaking down. It is now clear that many of these systems are not serving a majority of people or the planet, and we are at a moment where the survival of human beings and the natural ecosystem is at risk. This

Learning By Doing: Progressive Education in a Public High School Classroom — APA2127.01

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
In a collaborative effort between Bennington College and two Mount Anthony Union High School programs (the Quantum Leap Exhibit Program and the Bridges Summer Transitional Program), the Sababa Project ( a joint classroom for Bennington College and MAUHS students) attempts to demystify the college experience while providing high school students with hands-on, real-world,

Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it hard for the American audience to fully understand what is going on in the Japanese character's mind. In this introductory Japanese language and culture

Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Instructor: ikuko yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations, while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it hard for the American audience to fully understand what is going on in the Japanese character's mind. In this introductory Japanese language and culture

Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
Have you read manga before?  Did you watch Japanese animation when you were a child?  The Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it difficult for the American audience to fully understand the