Class Description
This course will address fundamental, theoretical, and practical questions
that result from a view of art as a powerful social and cultural force.
Participants, by addressing these questions, will examine their and
other's aesthetic values as a means of understanding art and advance
multicultural and cross-cultural understanding. Emphasis will be placed
upon individual interpretation and experience in local, national and
international settings.
Course Objectives
It is anticipated that participants in this course will:
1. Consider culturally based versus universally based theories of
art.
2. Examine the political, regional, economic, technological, religious,
ethnic, gender, and generational influences that shape conceptions
of art.
3. Investigate the role of art to both communicate and perpetuate
personal/cultural values.
4. Examine contemporary and historical cross-cultural examples of
art as an agent of
social/cultural change and stability.
Attendance:
Attendance and class participation are crucial to this course.
The discussions serve as a primary means to explore and expand course
topics with your peers.
GRADES & ASSIGNMENTS: (subject to change)
For the on-line version of the course, all assignments are submitted
via the digital drop-box in the Blackboard Course site.
Assignment Overview:
A variety of formal and informal writing assignments have been devised
to provide an opportunity to explore a broad range of concepts and
share them with both your peers and instructor through writing, presentations
and discussions.
Short Papers: (3 required)
Activity Reports: (5 required)
Discussions (& Web updates for the on-line version of the course)
Midterm Artist Report
Final Art/Culture Report & presentation
Quiz
Ethnographic Journal
All writing will be graded
as follows:
10 % = writing clarity, grammar, spelling, presentation
70 % = directly and thoroughly answer the questions/address the topic
20% = integration of readings and other references and original thought
Course Text:
All required reading are available electronically. Each class will
be reading current articles about immediate and emerging topics as
well as foundational readings. The reading will be posted in
the Blackboard Course documents area and in the UO library e-reserve
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/acs_svc/reserve-index.html.
Current Electronic Reserve
readings list:
Articles:
Dissanayake, E. "What is art for?"
Booth, Eric. "Art as a verb."
McFee & Degge. "Exploring the relationships between art and
culture."
Part 1
Part 2
Csikszentmihalyi, M. Selections from Creativity: flow and the psychology
of discovery and invention.
"Setting the stage."
"The making of culture," part 1.
"The making of culture," part 2.
Cameron, J. "Spiritual electricity: the basic principles."
Eisner, Eliot. "The role of arts in transforming consciousness,"
in The arts and the creation of mind.
Rushkoff, D. "Introduction: the nature of infection."
Leary, Timothy. "The new breed," in From chaos and cyber
culture.
Disabilities:
If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations
in this course, please make an appointment with me during the first
week of the term. Please request that the Counselor for Students
with Disabilities send a letter verifying your disability. The current
counselor is Steve Pickett at 346-3211.Disabilities may include (but
are not limited to) neurological impairment; orthopedic impairment;
traumatic brain injury; visual impairment; chronic medical conditions;
emotional/psychological disabilities; hearing impairment; and learning
disabilities.
For more information
You can find out more about this and other courses offered by
the UO Continuation Center at this address: de.uoregon.edu
If you are a registered UO student, you can view the Blackboard
site for this course. Go to the Blackboard home page and click on the
"Create New Account" button. Follow the instructions to
create your Blackboard account. You can now visit the Blackboard site
for AAD 250 Art and Human Values.
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