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Below are two possible trajectories on which to approach this inquiry. Detailed explanations of each trajectory, readings, and assignment sheets are offered in links below.1
Trajectory 1
Trajectory 2
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These trajectories were developed in consultation with leaders and members of the 2016–2017 inquiry working group and the 2017–2018 Lower Division Committee. Special thanks to Anne Fitzsimmons and Jonna Gilfus for providing the basis for Trajectory 1 and Steve Thorley for providing the basis for Trajectory 2.Anchor 1 1
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Syllabus and assignment sheets can be found herefound here.
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TRAJECTORY 2
This trajectory invites students to consider two contested and interwoven terms: “art” and “culture.” Often spoken of as if they were the same thing, these two terms are actually open to diverse and evolving interpretations. Students research art-making and culture-making all over the world, in the past and in the present, looking at high, low, and middlebrow culture in concert halls and museums, on Netflix and at the movies, spilling out of iPhones, and in the streets. They then turn to a sustained inquiry on a research topic of their choice related to art and culture.
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