War + Climate + Famine + Economic Inequality + Displacement = Mass Migration.
The participants in this interdisciplinary course will develop a project in the medium of their choice that
addresses Mass Migration and the issues of a new geopolitical global order as it relates to colonialism/post- colonial theory and its influence on our local Latinx, Asian American, African American, and Indigenous communities. Within the structure of the course there is an open field of inquiry from which the student can choose to concentrate and commit to developing a semester long individual project that represents an understanding of the complexities of migration through local migrant communities. Through research, reading discussions, visual presentations, field trips, personal experience and connecting with diverse community organizations, students will gain insight into personal assumptions and cultural biases while building perspective and proximity to a chosen migratory community. Students then are tasked with developing a visual narrative or an ideal design that tells specific informed stories of individuals or groups within global migrant communities. The students’ work will culminate in a book/catalog.

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