Graduate Fieldwork

Catalog description

The spring semester 2 credit Methods and Criticism II, the last core class in the one-year Masters in Arts Politics Program, offers a framework for synthesis, dialogue, and collaboration. Students are encouraged and supported to further deepen the work they’ve begun during the first semester and to work collaboratively based on shared interests and modes of working, while benefiting from the skills and insights of the whole cohort. There will be opportunities to engage with alumni and others in the field. Students will design projects that build on the work they’ve begun or have been moving towards, or something new may emerge that’s important to develop while in the program. The work can take any number of forms, including creating a map for a future project, developing a performance or art work, researching and designing a panel, writing, taking steps towards further study, or hybrid forms on key arts politics questions. With support from the professor, each other, and other networks, students will also identify pathways for their practices after graduation. We will discuss a limited number of texts and engage with different artistic expressions. We will meet with guest artist/scholar/activists, alumni, and visit sites of arts/politics. The intention is to make a space that is both expansive and precise, challenging and supportive, building on the work of the first semester. At the close of the semester we will curate two sessions devoted to presenting your project, your work-in-process. These offerings can be in the form of panels, performances, visual work, writing, or another configuration, and/or combination.