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Westworld/Our World — AH4115.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: J. Vanessa Lyon
Credits: 2
Season Two of Westworld, HBO’s “science fiction western thriller” television series, drives a broadly-conceived visual culture/cultural studies course in which we identify and analyze various themes, tropes, and genres, histories and visions, typologies and allegories on screen and off; both inside and outside the show’s narrative. Possibilities include: feminism, sexploitation
Visual Arts

Westworld/^/Whose World? — AH4115.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
Credits: 2
Season One of Westworld, HBO’s “science fiction western thriller” series, drives a broadly-conceived visual studies/cultural theory course in which we identify and analyze various themes, tropes, and genres, histories and visions, typologies and allegories on screen and off; both inside and outside the show’s narrative. Possibilities include: feminism, sexploitation, artificial
Visual Arts

Wharton and James: Gender and Power — LIT2331.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kathleen Alcott
Credits: 4
Long before ideas about the 'performativity' of gender entered the cultural conversation, the Progressive-era writers Henry James and Edith Wharton—who were also correspondents and travel companions—produced fiction that subtly examined the ways that factors including class, region, age, and travel operated upon our conceptions of personhood, and particularly as they related to
Literature

What Can One Person Do — DRA4394.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Credits: 4
One of the primary jobs of the storytelling tradition is to sing the songs of a culture’s heroes. In this class we’re going to take a look at what a hero is and what it means to write and sing the songs that immortalize them. And by songs I mean…plays and movies. We will attempt to define what a hero is, what a hero was, what a hero could be. We will look at the everyman hero,
Drama

What Comes After the State? — ANT2114.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Noah Coburn
Credits: 4
Particularly since the treaty of Westphalia the state has been the dominant feature of the international system. In almost every case its sovereignty is assumed. Yet from unauthorized US drone strikes in Pakistan to the European Union, there are examples of ways in which the power of the state as an organizing concept is beginning to erode. This course will look at
Society Culture and Thought

What Comes After the State? — ANT2114.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Noah Coburn
Credits: 4
Particularly since the treaty of Westphalia the state has been the dominant feature of the international system. In almost every case its sovereignty is assumed. Yet from unauthorized US drone strikes in Pakistan to the European Union, there are examples of ways in which the power of the state as an organizing concept is beginning to erode. This course will look at
Social Science CAPA

What Happened in North Bennington? The Profound Struggle for the Soul of Education in America — MOD2405.02

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 1
In this course we will begin with an examination of the events that occurred in North Bennington, VT as the community voted to close its public school in response to Act 46, the new state law requiring school districts across Vermont to consolidate. The events surrounding Act 46 and the closing of the public school in North Bennington marked a “sea change” in education policy
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

What is (and What is Not) US Empire  — APA4311.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
This course works to give a more exacting definition to the imperial shape of the United States, as much to name its haunting presence as to more effectively confront its unjust operations. As the first successful anti-colonial revolt, the United States has a long history of narrating itself against empire. Yet for anyone who has lived under the heavy hand of its territorial
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

What is Capitalism? — PEC2267.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
What is capitalism? When and where did it begin? This course introduces students to key features of capitalism as an economic system and a way of life that has had profound social and political consequences for human societies around the world. It is the primary aim of this course to get a better sense for what capitalism really is, and to uncover and evaluate some of the most
Society Culture and Thought

What is Capitalism? — PEC2267.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Emma Kast
Credits: 4
What is capitalism? When and where did it begin? This course introduces students to key features of capitalism as an economic system and a way of life that has had profound social and political consequences for human societies around the world. It is the primary aim of this course to get a better sense for what capitalism really is, and to uncover and evaluate some of the most
Society Culture and Thought

What is Economics? — SCT2136.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 2
"Economics is what economists do" says Jacob Viner. But what do economists do? And, how do they do it? This seminar will be concerned with these two questions. Our main objective will be develop an understanding of economics as a field of study and to explore how economics is applied to understand everyday issues that affect our material wellbeing. We will look at big issues,
Society Culture and Thought

What is economics? — PEC2270.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
"Economics is what economists do" says Jacob Viner. But what do economists do? And, how do they do it? This seminar will be concerned with these two questions. Our main objective will be to develop an understanding of economics as a field of study and to explore how economics is applied to understand the large issues of our time that affect our everyday material wellbeing. Our
Society Culture and Thought

What is Economics? — SCT2136.02

Fall 2018
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 1
You may have some familiarity with economics, from a course in high school or through various insights gleaned from news reports. But many people who need to consider the economic implications of policy, or who want to understand issues about how resources and wealth are allocated, have scant understanding of the key ideas of the field. This seminar addresses that: it is an
Society Culture and Thought

What is Performing, Anyway? — DAN4028.01) (time updated as of 9/26/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
What actually goes on when performing? Your interior environment changes from moment to moment; things change in the exterior environment as well. We process information from the audience as we perform. We constantly adapt. Creating a score for performance requires attention to detail – movement and space, timing, shifts of focus, intention, repetition, surprise, juxtaposition
Dance

What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.01) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
CAPA Music

What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.02) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
CAPA Music

What is Sculpture — SCU2106.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: John Umphlett (new faculty as of 8/24/2021)
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? How do we make objects in space? Is gravity our friend or foe? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principles of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
Visual Arts

What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Jon Isherwood
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including plaster, wood, cardboard, Styrofoam and metal. Regular slide
Visual Arts

What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jon isherwood
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? How do we make objects in space? Is gravity our friend or foe? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principles of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
Visual Arts

What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jason Middlebrook
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? How do we make objects in space? Is gravity our friend or foe? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
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What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Jon Isherwood
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including plaster, wood, cardboard, Styrofoam and metal. Regular slide
Visual Arts

What is the Truth? World War II from the Japanese Perspective — JPN4709.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
What is the truth in history? Is there one truth? In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films. Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America. In other
Languages

What Is the Truth? World War II from the Japanese Perspective — JPN4709.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
What is the truth in history?  Is there one truth?  In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films.  Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America
Languages

What is the Truth? – Learning WWII with History Textbooks in Japan — JPN4233.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What is the truth in history?  Is there one truth?  In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films.  Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America
Languages