Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0153 - Tech and Sensibility

In this course we will consider a number of issues regarding the nature of our relationship to technology. Through examinations of African American speculative fiction, visual literature, "social" media, and music, we will examine broad questions about the impact of technology on culture and its intersections with race, class, gender, and sexuality. We will tease out questions such as: How does technology help us define ourselves? How has technology influenced our consideration of "human" and "humanity"? We will explore theoretical conceptions of "the body" and "the self," and move toward a current understanding of who we are in relation to technology. Students will complete a collaborative project that is digital in nature.

Culture, Humanities, and Languages Writing and Research Multiple Cultural Perspectives Instructor: Sonya Donaldson