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This course introduces students to Rochester, NY, through the eyes of the humanities. We discuss the city’s museum exhibits and public murals, parks and cemeteries, memorial monuments and statues, photographs and speeches, drama and prose fiction, and protests and social movements from the 19th through the 21st centuries as depicted film and print. The protest and social movement unit of the course considers, in addition to contemporary protests and social movements, anti-slavery and women's rights movements in the 19th century, and protests for racial justice and the organization of FIGHT in the 1960s. We become familiar with models in the humanities for reading, viewing, and analyzing these objects, spaces, and events, and we practice our interpretative skills in class discussion and in journals. Students also learn about digital resources for presenting their work (Omeka, StoryMaps) and, if they find these resources useful, have the option of incorporating them into their writing assignments.
Satisfies the “additional survey or approach course” in the British and American Literature track of the English major. Satisfies a requirement in the following Humanities/English cluster: Media, Culture, and Communication. This course is appropriate for all students. No requirements or prerequisites.Please note: This course includes a handful of field trips on- and off- campus. All field trips, including transportation, occur during our regular scheduled class sessions; field trips will not conflict with other courses, labs, jobs, or extracurricular activities.
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