Queering the Archives

Catalog description

This course encourages students to explore some of the diverse ways that human groups create and use material objects, including but not limited to: decorative art, clothing, gifts, utilitarian items, religious icons, modes of transportation, digital things, and communication devices. Students will engage with current theories of the material world; examine case studies about the manufacture, trade, and use of objects from around the world; investigate how objects mediate relationships among individuals and community groups; and create their own social objects.This course offers multiple topics sections. For more information please see <a href=http://bit.ly/4lLc0Dw target=_blank>CCCX 200 - Creative Communities Courses.</a>