DescriptionInterdisciplinary Studios extend a student's cross-school experience from Core Studio up into his or her upper division years. 3 units of Interdisciplinary Studio are required of all majors and must be completed in the junior or senior year. This advanced level studio is thematic in nature. Technical demonstrations are paired with thoughtful readings, seminar discussions and ambitious projects. Collaboration, experimentation and presentation skills are developed in concert with critical thinking.Section DescriptionInsights in Site examines how we shift from interloper to belonging through performative interactions with each other, our communities, and broader society. By charting site analysis from intersectional experiences to multi-disciplinary activations, students will evaluate and activate public space through manifestations of creative practices. Taking cues from site, this class will consider race, gender and ecology to (re)define common ground for accessible public space. How might we upend traditional practices of site design methodologies towards an integrative understanding urban public space? And, how might we center equity-based responses to reimagine accessible public space? Using theatre as metaphor, and performance as a conduit of exploration and expression, students will conduct integrative site analysis through a series of site visits that have been settings for performances by theatre company WePlayers. Students will develop sensory and somatic analysis, understand the permitting processes, and develop alternative methodologies to create equitable site-specific interventions.

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