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Camera Mounts I — SCU2117.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
Have you ever wanted to mount a camera somewhere, or on something to capture a shot otherwise unreachable? Catapult a phone in a directed safe controlled path for a smooth shot of Jill smoldering her cigarette into the heel of her shoe. Sure there are endless attachments for your devices on Kickstarter that someone else is making, but how about you take a shot at it. This seven
Visual Arts

Camera Mounts I — SCU2117.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
Have you ever wanted to mount a camera somewhere, or on something to capture a shot otherwise unreachable? Catapult a phone in a directed safe controlled path for a smooth shot of Jill smoldering her cigarette into the heel of her shoe. Sure there are endless attachments for your devices on kickstarter that someone else is making, but how about you take a shot at it. This seven
Visual Arts

Camera Mounts I — SCU2117.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
Have you ever wanted to mount a camera somewhere, or on something to capture a shot otherwise unreachable? Catapult a phone in a directed safe controlled path for a smooth shot of Jill smoldering her cigarette into the heel of her shoe. Sure there are endless attachments for your devices on kickstarter that someone else is making, but how about you take a shot at it. This seven
Visual Arts

Camera Mounts II — SCU4117.02

Spring 2021
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This second part seven-week intensive course is a continuation of part one. Here you will be responsible for the image capture theme and will need to develop drawings, working products, and maintain a research and development log. The video or still camera must be considered seriously as now your image will carry and equal value as the mounting mechanism for your evaluation.
Visual Arts

Camera Mounts II — SCU4117.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This second part seven-week intensive course is a continuation of part one. Now you will be responsible for the image capture idea and will need to develop drawings, working products, and maintain a research and development log. The video or still camera must be considered seriously as now your image will carry and equal value as the mounting mechanism for your evaluation. You
Visual Arts

Camera Mounts II — SCU4117.02

Spring 2015
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This second part seven-week intensive course is a continuation of part one. Now you will be responsible for the image capture idea and will need to develop drawings, working products, and maintain a research and development log. The video or still camera must be considered seriously as now your image will carry and equal value as the mounting mechanism for your evaluation. You
Visual Arts

Camera Performances — PHO2114.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Luiza Folegatti
Days & Time: FR 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

This class will look at the intersection of photography and performance art inside the contributions of feminist and queer practices. Students will respond to different performance prompts, alternating between the roles of performers and photographers, and thinking about ways to use the camera as an artistic and documentation tool. They will also engage in readings and

Photography

Camera Performances — PHO2114.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Luiza Folegatti
Credits: 4
This class will look at the intersection of photography and performance art inside the contributions of feminist and queer practices. Students will respond to different performance prompts thinking about the role of the camera as an artistic and documentation tool. They will also engage in readings and analysis of works from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+
Visual Arts

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
CAPA

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
CAPA

Canta che ti passa: Italian Commentary in Music — ITA4117.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
"‘Canta che ti passa," (Sing and you’ll feel better), says an old Italian adage. Yet, Italians do not always sing to forget their troubles. Much of the Italian musical tradition expresses social and political commentary, seriously or ironically. Songs as diverse and far apart in time as Toto Cotugno’s populist "L’italiano" (An Italian, 1983), Giorgio Gaber’s intellectually
Languages

Canta che ti passa: Social Commentary in Music — ITA4117.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
'Canta che ti passa,' 'Sing and you'll feel better,' says an old Italian adage. Yet, Italians do not always sing to forget their troubles. Much of the Italian musical tradition expresses social and political commentary, seriously or ironically. Songs as diverse and far apart in time as Toto Cotugno's populist 'L'italiano' (An Italian, 1983), Giorgio Gaber's intellectually
Languages

Canta che ti passa: Social Commentary in Music — ITA4403.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 4
Canta che ti passa,’ ‘Sing and you’ll feel better,’ says an old Italian adage. Yet, Italians do not always sing to forget their troubles. Much of the Italian musical tradition expresses social and political commentary, seriously or ironically. Songs as diverse and far apart in time as Toto Cotugno’s populist ‘L’italiano’ (An Italian, 1983), Giorgio Gaber’s intellectually
Languages

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
CAPA

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
CAPA

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
CAPA

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
CAPA

CAPA Advanced Workshop — APA4256.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The CAPA Workshop is for Seniors who are engaged in their advanced work and want to complete a project as part of it in Public Action.Students are able to connect this work to any area of study at Bennington College. Each student will be required to assemble a digital portfolio that will include their research or thesis, along with a description and implementation of their

Advancement of Public Action

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.
CAPA

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
CAPA

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.
CAPA

Capital Punishment — PSY4223.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Ronald Cohen
Credits: 4
Capital punishment is the state‐sanctioned killing of a person convicted of committing a crime. Its existence as public policy requires the approval or acquiescence of individual citizens and social groups, and its implementation requires the approval, acquiescence, and participation of a wide range of individuals and institutions. Attitudes toward capital punishment ‐ as
Society Culture and Thought

Career Development — CMH5104.01

Summer 2026
Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 3

This course covers the major theories and practices in career counseling and development. Students will explore the impact of life roles, personal values, and cultural factors on career decisions. Topics include career assessment, job search strategies, and helping clients navigate career transitions. Students will develop skills in career counseling,

Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA)

Cartographies of force: bugs and media — MS4110.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Maia Nichols
Credits: 4
This course will focus on visual evidence such as maps, graphic diagrams, drawings, and site records in relation to animals, bugs, pests, and plagues. How were insect plagues managed in various regions? How are bugs portrayed in different kinds of media? Our focus will be on historical instances of plague, natural disaster and political upheaval that overlap with the presence
Society Culture and Thought