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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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Along with the WRT 205 foundational readings provided here, below are readings that may be useful for this trajectory:
Cole, Teju. “A True Picture of Black Skin.” Known and Strange Things. Faber and Faber, 2017. [pdf]
Dunbar, Erica Armstrong. “Washington's New African-American Museum Shows How Black History Shaped the American Experience.” The Nation, 30 Nov. 2016, www.thenation.com/article/washingtons-new-african-american-museum-shows-how-black-history-shaped-the-american-experience/.
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Hajdu, David. “Bruce Springsteen's Redemption Song.” The Nation, 5 Dec. 2016, thenation.com/article/bruce-springsteens-redemption-song. [PDFpdf]
Levy, Ariel. “Catherine Opie, All-American Subversive.” The New Yorker, 10 July 2017, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/catherine-opie-all-american-subversive.
McKenna, Klea. “Nikki Grattan on Interviewing Artists.” In the Make, 18 Feb. 2013, http://inthemake.com
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Mellor, Carl. “Dazzling Quilts Highlight Memorable Show.” Syracuse New Times, 8 Mar. 2017, syracusenewtimes.com/dazzling-quilts-highlight-memorable-show.
Middleman, Rachel, and Glenn Ligon. “History with a Small ‘h’: A Conversation with Glenn Ligon.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Duke University Press, 10 May 2006, muse.jhu.edu/article/197481/summary. [pdf]
Miller, Brenda, and Suzanne Paola. “Chapter 5: Writing the Arts.” Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction. McGraw-Hill, 2004. [pdf]
Moody, Rick. “Chapter 1. Guilty Pleasures.” On Celestial Music: and Other Adventures in Listening. Little, Brown and Co., 2012. 131-157. [pdf]
Schulten, Michael Gonchar and Katherine. “Thinking Critically: Reading and Writing Culture Reviews: Advice on How to Write a Review by Three New York Times Critics.” The New York Times, 22 Oct. 2015, learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/thinking-critically-reading-and-writing-culture-reviews/?_r=0.
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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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Syllabus and assignment sheets can be found herefound here.