Understanding Social Media |
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Professor:
Fahmid Haq |
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Course Number: ARTS 208 |
CRN Number: 10681 |
Class
cap: 22 |
Credits: 4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM New Annandale House |
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Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis
of Art |
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Crosslists: Experimental Humanities |
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Doing social media projects practically and analyzing their
role critically are two main objectives of the course. This course will raise
some critical question that evolve around social media which will include –
surveillance and privacy, labor, big data, misinformation, cyborg and
cyberfeminism. Topics will include the socio-historical perspectives
regarding technology and society, the nature and characteristics of different
social media such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, snapchat and more, big
data capitalism and imperialism, civic engagement through digital platforms,
mainstream media’s compelling realities to be more ‘social’, misinformation,
racism and right-wing authoritarianism in social media, the role of social
media influencers, branding and social media marketing and an exploration for
a true social media. The course will draw from a broad range of social theory
including communication and cultural theories, political economy and media
anthropology to critically evaluate the impact of social media on human
relationships, activism, branding, politics, news production and
dissemination and identity formation. Theoretical notions such as
hyperreality by Jean Baudrillard, network society by Manuel Castells and
digital labor by Christian Fuchs will be discussed in the class. As
‘prosumers’, students will create social media projects and analyze some
trendy cases evident in different platforms. |
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Technology, Humanity & the Future |
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Professor:
Krista Caballero |
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Course Number: ARTS 240 |
CRN Number: 10540 |
Class
cap: 22 |
Credits: 4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM OSUN Course |
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Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis
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Crosslists: Experimental Humanities; Human Rights |
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In both theory and practice, this course is designed to
explore the intersections of technology, justice, and creative practice. One of
our central lines of inquiry will be: How might technology be utilized in
ethical and just ways to (re)imagine our human cultural practices and
resulting ecological impact? In approaching this question, we will consider
ways that artists and community activists are pushing boundaries to both
critically and creatively address the future of technology and issues
relating to identity and privacy, data sovereignty and governance, e-waste
and rare earth mining, deepfakes and AI. Key theoretical texts from scholars
such as Felix Guattari, Safiya Umoja Noble, Hito Steyerl, Gregory Cajete,
Shannon Mattern, Lev Manovich, and Lisa Nakamura will ground our exploration
alongside a series of guest lectures by a diverse group of artists, scholars
and activists across the OSUN network. Through readings and discussions, this
course will explore technology across historical periods and how past forms
help shape our current moment. Students will also work intensively to develop
creative projects that blur boundaries between physical and digital media,
integrate field-based research, and experiment with interdisciplinary
practices of making. This is an OSUN Online Class, taught online and open to
Bard students and students from OSUN partner institutions. |
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Beyond Bollywood: Mapping South Asian
Cinema |
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Professor:
Fahmid Haq |
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Course Number: ARTS 314 |
CRN Number: 10682 |
Class
cap: 15 |
Credits: 4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs 1:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Olin 302 |
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Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis
of Art |
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Crosslists: Experimental Humanities; Film and
Electronic Arts |
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South Asian Cinema is nearly synonymous with Indian Cinema to
the international audience, though other South Asian countries such as
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal have developed strong film cultures
too. The objective of the course is mapping the cine profile of the South
Asian countries and examining Bollywood’s hegemonic presence in the region.
This seminar course will study some cases across a range of South Asian
Cinema cultures by exploring their common as well as different cultural
backgrounds, historiography, and sociopolitical realities. Topics will
include both historical and contemporary cinematic practices in South Asian
countries such as the Partition of India in South Asian Cinema, cinematic
representation of the Liberation War of Bangladesh, Bollywood’s cultural
influence in other South Asian countries, portrayal of Kashmir in Indian
cinema, diasporic Indian cinema and ‘other Bollywood’ cinema. Films by
directors such as Raj Kapoor, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Anurag Kashyap
from India, Zahir Raihan, Alamgir Kabir and Tareque Masud from Bangladesh,
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Shoaib Mansoor from Pakistan, and Lester James
Peries from Sri Lanka will be studied closely. |
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The Belly is a Garden |
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Professor:
Vivien Sansour |
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Course Number: ARTS 310 |
CRN Number: 10683 |
Class
cap: 10 |
Credits: 4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue 8:30 AM
- 11:30 AM Avery Film Center 338 |
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Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing
Arts |
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Crosslists: Experimental Humanities; Human Rights |
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Inspired by the Palestinian saying El Batin Bustan (The
Belly is a Garden) this course explores bio-cultural diversity and the
question of being of the earth and part of its diverse terrains. Fundamental
questions we will explore are: How can biodiversity and human diversity be
paths to wellbeing? How can humans understand themselves as nature’s
co-creators? This course is designed as an experiential journey using
multiple forms, including original texts, discussion, guided fieldwork
directed by faculty, nature walks, in class writing exercises, and group
workshops. Students will work in consultation with the professor on
individual self-directed projects throughout the semester. These projects
will be presented at the end of semester to the combined class of AQB and
Annandale. The projects will all require some form of field research such as
conducting interviews, gathering site related natural material for possible
installations, photography, oral histories, film, among others including
performance art. Students will engage in hands-on, outdoor activities such as
cooking, planting, and possibly seed or crop harvesting with discussions of
key texts grounding our interdisciplinary investigation. In an attempt to
deconstruct colonial forms of being we will be exploring ourselves as living
beings navigating a global landscape that is both in crisis and in constant
transformation. How do we relate to the soil beneath our feet? How are we
informed by other living beings in our surroundings? Between the question of settler
and Indigenous how can we better understand ourselves, and our place in the
world, while engaging in collaborative designs of new possible futures? As an
OSUN Network Course, students will have the opportunity to participate in
shared online events and conversations with students at Al-Quds Bard College,
Palestine but the majority of the semester will be in-person on Bard’s
Annandale Campus. |
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