Course:
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ANTH 290 Archaeology
of African American Farms, Yards, and Gardens |
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Professor:
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Christopher Lindner |
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CRN: |
15578 |
Schedule/Location: |
Thurs 3:30 PM
– 4:50 PM Hegeman 201 Fri 1:30 PM – 4:30
PM Hegeman 201 |
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Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 12 |
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Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies |
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How can we use archaeological methods to identify, analyze,
and interpret places where the growing of plants by African Americans
flourished, and contextualize our findings on these sites to help counter
racism in the present? The laboratory science aspect of this ELAS course will
derive from protocols and strategies of exploratory sampling excavations. Our
goal will be identification of deposits that remain relatively undisturbed and
contain artifacts that represent particularly relevant eras in the past.
Thursdays, seminars will take place in person &/or by videoconference. In
the winter labs on Friday, we’ll examine artifacts excavated nearby in
Germantown, at the Reformed Parsonage, to prepare for the excavation in spring
of a front dooryard and/or a garden beside the house. Our focus is the family
headed by a free African American farmer, Henry Person. His wife, Mary, was
likely born to a bondswoman at the house in 1805. Evidence of African American
spiritual practices have been found in its cellar and yard. We have a field
site for a safely distanced dig if precautions against the COVID pandemic
warrant: Montgomery Place, the ornamental Conservatory where 19th-century
African American horticulturist Alexander Gilson lived and worked. We’ll strive
to involve community colleagues from the environs of Hudson, Kingston &/or
Poughkeepsie, in person and via Zoom. Some students return for another month in
summer for 4 more credits; see www.bard.edu/archaeology/fieldschool.
The class size limit is 12, with enrollment by permission after a preliminary
conversation with each interested student. This is an Engaged Liberal
Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course you will be given the
opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a community of interest
throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes place
outside of the classroom: students learn through engagement with different
geographies, organizations, and programs in the surrounding communities or in
collaboration with partners from Bard's national and international networks. To
learn more please click here.
Course:
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ANTH 239 Action
Research: Social Service, Community Organizing, and Anthropology |
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Professor:
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Duff Morton |
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CRN: |
15575 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed 11:50 AM
– 1:10 PM Olin 302 Fri 8:30 AM – 12:30
PM Internship |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 10 |
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Crosslists: American Studies; Human Rights; Political Studies |
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Action research is research that aims to produce
locally-based knowledge with practical and immediate importance to someone: for
example, to a nonprofit, to a mayor, to a business, or to a union. The course
is designed for students who wish to gain practical experience with health,
psychological services, youth work, social movements, or related fields. We
combine classroom readings with weekly work in a community organization.
Students commit to a semester-long internship at a group that carries out
community organizing or social service. We strive to make change by
participating directly in the labor of mental health, human services, or activism.
In class, students will read from traditions that grapple with problems at the
intersection of social science and social change, focusing on sources important
to anthropology, including texts by Vico, Marx, Scheper-Hughes, and Kesha-Kahn
Perry. We will consider influences from constructivism, collaborative
anthropology, and militant anthropology. The class will promote an analytic
engagement with human services, encouraging us to think in an anthropological
vein and emphasizing the practice of participant observation. We will strive to
produce research that advances the project of the groups to which we are
committed. The class will meet twice each week: (a) once for a classroom
session of one hour and twenty minutes and (b) once for an internship session of
four to eight hours. At both locations, we aim to put anthropology to work in
the world. Interested students must email Duff Morton at gmorton@bard.edu
before registration and complete a brief online form. This is an Engaged
Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course you will be given
the opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a community of
interest throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes
place outside of the classroom: students learn through engagement with
different geographies, organizations, and programs in the surrounding
communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's national and
international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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ART 126 ED Mapping:
You Are Here |
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Professor:
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Ellen Driscoll |
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CRN: |
15887 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed 10:10 AM
- 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 141/149 |
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Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 12 |
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Crosslists: Experimental Humanities; Human Rights |
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Maps have been dynamic visual and conceptual inspiration for
many artists. In this class, we will
work with drawing and sculptural installation to investigate the translation of
scale and data to abstraction inherent in the art of mapping. We will study a range of contemporary artists
around the world for whom maps are central to their artistic practice. We will
study the visual strategies, content, and context of maps in these artist's
works. We will also look at a rich range of historical maps from Polynesian
navigation charts to the soundless silk maps of World War 2. The work of
Katherine Harmon, Rebecca Solnit, W.E. B. DuBois, the counter-maps of the Black
Panthers, and the Indigenous Mapping Collective, among others will form
foundations for our research and artistic exploration. The 1000-acre campus of
Bard will be our laboratory for focused research and for generating three
visual projects. This
is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course
you will be given the opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a
community of interest throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS
learning takes place outside of the classroom: students learn through
engagement with different geographies, organizations, and programs in the
surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's national
and international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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ARTH 315 Material
Worlds and Social Identities |
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Professor:
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Julia Rosenbaum |
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CRN: |
15566 |
Schedule/Location: |
Thurs 3:10 PM
- 5:30 PM Olin 301 |
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Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art |
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Credits: 4 |
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Class cap: 15 |
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Crosslists: American Studies; Experimental Humanities |
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How does the world of interior spaces, their
furnishings and decorative objects, tell us stories, assert values, project
identities? Through an engaged-learning experience with three early
twentieth-century National Park sites in the Hudson Valley—the Vanderbilt
Mansion, the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Home at
Val-Kill—this seminar explores both the relationship between objects and
identities and issues of consumption and appearance. The course will focus on
American decorative arts from the late nineteenth into the twentieth century
addressing theories about the purpose, meaning, and value of design and
decoration as well as key movements, designers, and artists. Visiting the sites
and collections regularly, we will combine the scholarly study of aesthetic
ideals and social practices with hands-on examination of specific objects in
the museum collections. Key themes to be
addressed include gender and the body; consumer capitalism and labor; political/class/queer
identities; ethics and aesthetics.
Course:
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BLC 220 Digital
Literacies |
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Professor:
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Jeremy Hall |
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CRN: |
15791 |
Schedule/Location: |
Fri 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Olin 101 |
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Credits:
2 |
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Class cap: 15 |
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(2 Credits) This course will examine the skills necessary to
produce scholarship and engage the public sphere by developing students'
proficiencies in conducting and presenting research. The course uses a
meta-literate approach to better understand current trends in information
consumption and production, including key issues such as the role of
misinformation in our current political and cultural landscape. Class time will
be devoted to discussions and workshops covering a range of topics such as news
and media literacy, social media and data ethics, as well as advanced research
skills. Students will complete a final project centered around a civic topic or
movement that will enable a deeper understanding of our current world and
times. This
is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course
you will be given the opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a
community of interest throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS
learning takes place outside of the classroom: students learn through
engagement with different geographies, organizations, and programs in the
surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's national
and international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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DAN 361 Dancing
Migrations: Tracing Mexico's Points of Access and Departure |
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Professor:
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Yebel Gallegos |
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CRN: |
15561 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs 11:50 AM
- 1:10 PM Fisher PAC Conference/Nureyev
Studio |
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Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 15 |
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Crosslists: Latin American/Iberian Studies |
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Human migration has been a constant force shaping history. In
many ways, human movement has created opportunities for culture to evolve and
thrive. Together, we will examine the ways in which dance as a resilient art
form has adapted and transformed on account of migration and cross-cultural
exchanges. This course moves away from a traditional Euro-U.S.-centric approach
to dance history and explores ritual and concert dance from a Mexican
perspective. Offered as a seminar-style course, readings by Diana Taylor,
Gloria Anzaldúa, Elizabeth Schwall, and David Delgado Shorter among others,
combined with discussions, movement explorations, and visits by guest speakers
will deepen our knowledge and understanding of dance as a global art form.
There will be weekly writing, a mid-term project proposal, and a final project.
This
is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course
you will be given the opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a
community of interest throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS
learning takes place outside of the classroom: students learn through
engagement with different geographies, organizations, and programs in the
surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's national
and international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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EUS 102 Environmental
System Science |
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Professor:
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Elias Dueker |
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CRN: |
15594 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs 5:10 PM
– 6:30 PM Reem Kayden Center 115 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
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Credits: 4 |
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Class cap: 20 |
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The science needed to understand and address our complex
socio-environmental challenges comes from a broad range of disciplines. In this
course, we introduce and integrate core concepts and methodologies from
physical, biological, and social sciences and practice system modeling to build
your capacity to think critically about the causes and solutions to complex
environmental problems and sustainability challenges. We will practice the
scientific method as we develop mechanistic understanding of the drivers of
climate change and the consequences for the hydrological cycle, ecological
processes, and people. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course.
In this course you will be given the opportunity to bridge theory to practice
while engaging a community of interest throughout the semester. A significant
portion of ELAS learning takes place outside of the classroom: students learn
through engagement with different geographies, organizations, and programs in
the surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's
national and international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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HUM T200 LB
Argentine
Tango I: Exploring Human Connection |
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Professor:
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Supervised by Leon Botstein,
Practitioner: Chungin Goodstein |
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CRN: |
15885 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs 3:30 PM
- 4:50 PM Campus Center MPR |
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Distributional Area: |
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Credits:
2 |
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Class cap: 20 |
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Tango has a rich history and a distinct culture emerging from
the socioeconomic conditions experienced by African, Caribbean and European
immigrants in late 19th century Argentina and Uruguay. The culture evolved as
tango both migrated to Europe and flourished in Argentina during the “Golden
Age” (1935-1955). Tango then largely disappeared as a result of suppression
under Argentina’s military regime. Tango’s global revival began in the 1980’s.
Today it is danced in all major cities, and at colleges and universities,
around the world. This ELAS group tutorial explores the profound human
connections that Argentine Tango music and dance engender. It includes
discussions of the historical and cultural context of the music and dance, and
the gender politics that surround it. In
a workshop setting, the group will focus with practitioner Chungin Goodstein
primarily on learning the fundamentals of the dance. Work for the tutorial will be split between
experiential learning through actual practice and readings/videos on issues
relating to this dance form. Students
will also attend at least one “milonga” or community dance event either
locally, or in NYC. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course.
In this course you will be given the opportunity to bridge theory to practice
while engaging a community of interest throughout the semester. A significant
portion of ELAS learning takes place outside of the classroom: students learn
through engagement with different geographies, organizations, and programs in
the surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's
national and international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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MATH 116 Mathematics:Puzzles
& Games |
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Professor:
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Lauren Rose |
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CRN: |
15356 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed Fri 10:10 AM
– 11:30 AM Hegeman 204 |
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Distributional Area: |
MC Mathematics and Computing |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 18 |
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Mathematics can be used to analyze many puzzles and
games. Conversely, puzzles and games can
be used as a vehicle to explore new mathematics concepts. In this class we will develop the mathematics
of puzzles and games from both perspectives, as a means to solve a puzzle or win
a game, and also as a fun way to learn and develop mathematical skills. We will focus on the mathematics and the
strategies behind puzzles and games such as the Rubik’s Cube, SET, Nim, Hex,
and Sudoku. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences course, and the ELAS
activities may include (virtual or in person) guests presenters, games related
events, and games sessions for local K-12 students and community members. No
prior experience with the games and puzzles listed above is required. Prerequisite: A passing score on Part 1 of
the Math Placement. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course.
In this course you will be given the opportunity to bridge theory to practice
while engaging a community of interest throughout the semester. A significant
portion of ELAS learning takes place outside of the classroom: students learn
through engagement with different geographies, organizations, and programs in
the surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's
national and international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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PS 209 Civic
Engagement |
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Professor:
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Jonathan Becker + Erin Cannan |
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CRN: |
15750 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Wed 10:10 AM
– 11:30 AM Barringer 104 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 22 |
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Crosslists: Human Rights |
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What does it mean to be engaged with your community? What can
students in Annandale learn from students participating in civic engagement
projects in universities in places like Haiti, Ghana and Bangladesh? This
course will examine historical, philosophical and practical elements of civic
engagement while exploring the underlying question of what it means to be
civically engaged in the early 21st century. Together, students will explore
issues related to political participation, civil society, associational life,
social justice, and personal responsibility, as well as how issues like race
and socio-economic status impact civic participation. The class reflects a
balance between study and practice of engagement which includes interrogating
theoretical notions of civic life while also empowering students to be active participants
in the communities in which they are situated.
The culminating project asks students to propose a civic engagement
project in their home or local community. This course will feature workshops,
lectures and seminar discussions.
Special class visits will incorporate experiences of civic leaders,
local officials, global not-for-profit leaders, and volunteers from communities
proximate to participating OSUN campuses. The course is an OSUN Collaborative
Course and an OSUN course, meaning that students will be enrolled from Al-Quds,
Bard in Palestine and Ashesi University in Ghana, and will be paired with
classes from the American University of Central Asia, Bard College Berlin, Brac
University of Bangladesh, Central European University (Vienna), European
Humanities University (Vilnius), University of Quisquaya in Haiti, and OSUN
Refugee Leaning Hubs in Kenya, Jordan and Bangladesh. This is an
OSUN class and is open to Bard students as well as students from multiple OSUN
partner institutions. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts &
Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course you will be given the opportunity to
bridge theory to practice while engaging a community of interest throughout the
semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes place outside of the classroom:
students learn through engagement with different geographies, organizations,
and programs in the surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners
from Bard's national and international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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PS 251 Political
Organizing: Theory and Practice |
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Professor:
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Mie Inouye |
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CRN: |
15680 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs 3:30 PM
– 4:50 PM Hegeman 106 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 22 |
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Crosslists: American Studies; Human Rights |
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“Don’t mourn – organize!” has long been a refrain in American
popular culture. As problems like climate change, police brutality, and
economic inequality grow more daunting, political organizing – the work of
uniting ordinary people in mass organizations, including labor unions,
political parties, community organizations, and social movement organizations,
in pursuit of shared goals – seems increasingly relevant and urgent. But how
does the tedious work of door-knocking, phone-banking, and facilitating
meetings add up to social transformation? Do organizers build social movements,
or do they stifle them? What is the role of ideology in organizing? And what
forms of leadership, ritual, and relationships are necessary to sustain mass
organizations? This course will explore these questions through a mix of
theoretical, historical, and practical readings by political theorists,
historians, and organizers including Antonio Gramsci, Jodi Dean, Saul Alinsky,
Amilcar Cabral, Ella Baker, and Jane McAlevey. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts
and Sciences (ELAS) course. As such, assignments will include participating in
and writing about the experience of political action as well as attending talks
by organizers who will visit Bard throughout the semester. This is an Engaged
Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course you will be given
the opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a community of
interest throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes
place outside of the classroom: students learn through engagement with
different geographies, organizations, and programs in the surrounding
communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's national and
international networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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PS 385 Civic Action and Research |
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Professor:
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Jonathan Becker + Erin Cannan |
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CRN: |
15967 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue
8:30 – 9:50 AM Thurs 10:10 AM
– 11:30 AM |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 15 |
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Crosslists: Global & International Studies; Human Rights |
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In this upper level course, students who are leading a
community engagement project deepen their understanding of civil society
through participatory research and engagement that explores the structure of
civil society organizations, the socio-political environment in which they
operate, including the intersection between government and civil society, the
root causes of social issues that they are attempting to address, and the
context in which the community is addressing the issue. Students will also
enhance their capacities and project management skills through a series of
leadership workshops. Each student will
be required to produce a project analysis which incorporates primary and
secondary research, as well as interviews of key actors in the field. Projects
should focus on one of five tracks: Climate Change, Disability Justice, Youth
Engagement, Social Entrepreneurship, Inclusion and Gender Equity. The course
will culminate in a peer-led, OSUN-wide conference on leadership and community
engagement. Prerequisites: Students must
be involved in leading a civic engagement project and have taken the CE Network
Collaboration Course, OSUN CE Course or equivalent or have received and
implemented an OSUN microgrant or community action award. Students must
complete a course application form to be admitted. This is a 2 credit OSUN
course. Select students can appeal for an accompanying two credit tutorial that
would give them an option of completing four credits. Note: This course does
not fulfill a post-moderation seminar requirement in PS. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences
(ELAS) course. In this course you will be given the opportunity to bridge
theory to practice while engaging a community of interest throughout the
semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes place outside of the
classroom: students learn through engagement with different geographies,
organizations, and programs in the surrounding communities or in collaboration
with partners from Bard's national and international networks. To learn more
please click here.
Course:
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SOC/EUS 361 Hudson Valley Cities and
Environmental (In)Justice |
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Professor:
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Peter Klein |
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CRN: |
15961 |
Schedule/Location: |
Every Other Fri
10:10 AM – 12:30 PM Olin 202 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social
Analysis D+J Difference
and Justice |
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Credits:
2 |
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Class cap 15 |
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Crosslists: American Studies |
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How do urban processes of growth, decline, and revitalization
affect different groups, particularly along dimensions of race, class, and
gender? This place-based research seminar course looks closely at this question
by examining the historical, political, and social landscape of Kingston. We
will use this nearby city as a case to explore theories on urban transformation
and the contemporary challenges that face small urban centers. In particular,
the course will use the lens of environmental inequality to examine the effects
of historical processes, as well as to investigate how residents and government
officials are addressing pressing problems. The course will look specifically
at issues of food justice, pollution, access to resources, environmental
decision-making processes, and housing security. We will visit Kingston as a
class, and students will develop and carry out their own project with a
community partner. (This course fulfills the practicum requirement for
moderated EUS students.) Admission by permission of the instructor. This course will usually meet every other Friday from
10:10-12:30, but students must be available from 9:00-1:00, in order to allow
for off-campus trips. Please
note that this is the second semester of a two-semester course. Students must
have taken the first section of the course in fall 2021 to enroll. This is an Engaged
Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course you will be given
the opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a community of
interest throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes
place outside of the classroom: students learn through engagement with
different geographies, organizations, and programs in the surrounding
communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's national and international
networks. To learn more please click here.
Course:
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WRIT 231 Reading and
Writing the Birds |
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Professor:
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Susan Rogers |
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CRN: |
15759 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue 9:30 AM
- 10:50 AM Olin 308 Thurs 7:30 AM
- 10:50 AM Olin 308 |
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Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
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Credits:
4 |
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Class cap: 12 |
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Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies |
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Students will become familiar with approximately a hundred
local birds by ear and by sight, then write about the birds using both
experience and research. To guide our writing we will read narratives of bird
discovery and adventure from Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon to Olive
Thorne Miller, Florence Merriam Bailey, Roger Tory Peterson, and Kenn Kaufman.
Tuesdays will involve in-class discussion of readings and small group
workshops, and Thursdays will often be held in the field (we will not always meet
at 7:30 but you must be ready and willing to attend class at that hour). A good
pair of binoculars is suggested. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts &
Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course you will be given the opportunity to
bridge theory to practice while engaging a community of interest throughout the
semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes place outside of the
classroom: students learn through engagement with different geographies,
organizations, and programs in the surrounding communities or in collaboration
with partners from Bard's national and international networks. To learn more
please click here.