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Spring 2022 – AMST 425-01 Curating Conversations

All Campus, American Studies, Course and Registrar posted

New exciting American Studies course!
 

AMST 425-01 – Curating Conversations

Wednesday 6:30-9:00pm
Professor Jordan T. Camp

Scholars in the public humanities are able to facilitate conversations across multiple divides: between disciplines, over different institutional spaces, and in traditional and non-traditional sites of knowledge production. This seminar trains students how to curate such conversations. Through readings and discussion, students will learn a variety of critical theories and methodological approaches to develop their own public humanities projects. Along with key texts, students will learn to engage different forms of evidence such as expressive culture, social movement periodicals, oral histories, museum exhibitions, podcasts, and digital archives.  By the end of the semester, students will demonstrate a critical understanding of public humanities theories and practices; develop research, writing, and curating skills; and present a project to a panel of researchers, educators, and activists.