Art, Migration & Human Rights

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This seminar examines topics related to human rights-including migration and displacement, labor and the body, gender and sexuality, racial and ethnic segregation-as reflected in artworks dating from the post-WWII period to the contemporary period. We will conduct close analyses of artworks in various mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, performance, and film. This course fulfills the following requirements: Ways of Knowing: Visual and Performing Arts Cultural Diversity Major requirement for art majors (emphasis on art history) Major requirements for East Asian Studies Minor requirements for East Asian Studies Minor Requirements for Chinese Studies (Literature, culture and cinema) Minor requirements for Art (emphasis on art history)