This course explores the legacy of the "global revolution" of 1968. We'll dive into the worldviews of the many counter-cultural movements that flourished in the late 20th century, including anti-colonial, anti-war, racial justice, immigrant, indigenous, feminist, queer-trans, and ecological movements. We will learn how these interconnected cultures formed at the grassroots after World War 2, gained momentum in the 1960s, and exploded into world-wide cultural revolutions from 1968 to 1971. Finally, we'll look at how those cultural revolutions continue to shape our a range of collective imaginations of freedom and well-being.Class discussions will draw on scholarly essays, alternative and independent media, underground newspapers, zines, comics, political posters, music, visual art, and film. You will be expected to turn in short weekly reading responses alongside regular visual explorations of course content: you'll use tools like mindmaps and freewriting to process materials in class, and will draft a small newspaper, lay out a political poster, or make a zine to represent the historical trajectory and contemporary potential of a specific social movement since 1968. At the end of the course, you will create a public work of social movement culture. Along the way you'll gain important reading and discussion skills and learn more about how the study of history informs creative work.

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