Curating Citizenship

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Students will explore methods of researching and writing about the civic role of the arts in an academic program based in Boston, Massachusetts. Writing projects will focus on how Boston’s monuments, museums, authors, libraries, theaters, and public art have shaped the city’s sense of community. Upon their return to Virginia, students will research and analyze texts and other data on the arts in their own communities with respect to audience, purpose, and context, and write an evaluation of the arts in those communities, as well as a piece of public writing that advocates specific strategies for improving the role of the arts there. Prerequisite(s): Completion of FHCI Pillar Corequisite(s): None *Fulfills Civitae Core PHCI WI