Interdisciplinary Arts 0226 - Crossing Lines

Cultures evolved from histories of colonialism or slavery have embedded in them forms of racism and racial polarisations that haunt and are reproduced even along the arteries of struggle against them. But there have been collaborations and connections that challenged the prevailing racialised assumptions and positionings that the dominant discriminations or oppressions continue to re-invoke. This course considers the importance of seeding the imagination with analyses, argument or narratives that disturb or defy the repetition of polarised differences that racisms depend on. We will explore analyses, cultural texts and creative practices that work against repetitions of 'difference' and cross the boundaries that racism would hold impenetrable. Readings include work by Alan Goodman et al., Eula Bliss, Chimamanda Adichie, Toni Morrison, Caryll Phillips, Lemn Sissay, Robin Lewis, James Baldwin, Paul Gilroy, Farhad Dalal, Franz Fanon; and music by Muhammad Al-Hussaini and Abel Meeropol. Active student presentations involved. Prerequisite: Students must be in the last semester of Div I, or already in Div II; students must email instructor prior to enrolling in this course: jlewis@hampshire.edu

Power, Community and Social Justice Multiple Cultural Perspectives Independent Work Writing and Research In this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes reading, writing, and research. Students must email instructor prior to enrolling in this course: jlewis@hampshire.edu