ASAM 137 PZ -Phil Art Diasporic Visual Cultre

Institution: Pitzer

Description: Philippine Art and Diasporic Visual Culture: This course focuses on artistic production as a contested site of cultural politics in the Philippines and its global diasporas. We will examine the relationship between aesthetics, nationalism, colonialism, and institutional apparatuses to understand how power is created, maintained, transformed, and opposed through visual modes of representation and meaning. Key questions we will address include: What role does artistic production play in the construction of national narratives about the Philippines, and for what purpose? How is the Philippines represented within the diasporic imagination? How have visual technologies been used as colonial disciplinary mechanisms, and how have these technologies been used for oppositional purposes? What roles do imagination and creativity play within liberatory movements for social change?

Prerequisite(s): See the current course schedule for registration restrictions.

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