Critical Social Inquiry 0296 - Producing Youth Culture

This course will examine youth culture and performance. We will explore these topics through an integrated approach, focusing on the dynamics between educational, socio-cultural, and developmental perspectives. This course will emphasize field methodology, requiring students to conduct an independent, ethnographic project that researches some aspect of youth and performance. Readings will explore the intersections of scholarship across identity, popular culture, music, youth studies, educational studies, and ethnography. Designed for Division II or first semester Division III students, this seminar will encourage the exchange of ideas, writing, and research experiences among students; each will present their work several times during the semester.