This course will explore the history and the evolution of vinyl records, with an emphasis on the development of vinyl as it impacts and is impacted by the African American community. The course will focus on three core issues: the evolution of African American music and culture as revealed through the evolution of vinyl records; the tactile vinyl listening (and performance) experience as it evolves over time; and the various aesthetics, standards and techniques involved in the cover art design and promotion of music through the vinyl format. Students will be able to explore the purpose of vinyl cover art, and to produce culturally relevant designs of their own.Critical Ethnic Studies 2000-level seminars introduce students to the complexities and nuances of intersectionality, gender, disability, decolonial theory & philosophy, in imperialist and non-imperialist societies. 2000-level seminars may incorporate one or more of the following interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies: Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x, and Latino /a/x studies, border studies, cultural studies, critical disability studies, critical gender studies, and global racialized and global silenced communities. Courses can be in-person, hybrid, or online.

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