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CRAFT-3640-2: Contemporary Issues in Craft Theory (Disc.)

Spring 2021

Subject: Craft
Type: Discussion
Delivery Mode: Online
Level: Undergraduate

Course Dates: January 25, 2021 — May 09, 2021
Meetings: Thu 9:00-09:55AM
Instructor: Anthea Black

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 9/10 Closed

Description:

This course connects contemporary art practice with centuries-old traditions and emergent craft discourse through a sustained engagement with critical readings in craft theory and history. This course is designed for material-based makers in all disciplines, studio artists working across mediums, craft renegades, fiber collectivists, and any other practitioner with a common interest in critical making, material processes, performativity, alternative economies, and the creation of meaning through the nuances of material. Through lecture, reading, discussion, research, and writing, students will deepen their critical understanding of material histories in relation to gender, race, labor, and class, and be better able to locate and articulate their own practice within the current landscape of materiality and meaning.Online course sections will be delivered with both asynchronous and synchronous components as outlined in the course syllabus. Required online synchronous meeting times are listed as the meeting pattern for this course section.

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