Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0266 - All that you touch, You change: Animating Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler's Earthseed science fiction series envisioned a future devastated by climate change, wealth disparity, violence, and political injustice. Published in 1993, Parable of the Sower places us in a dystopian 2024, where we follow the journey of Lauren Oya Olamina, a black teenage girl with hyper-empathy syndrome and an idea for a new religion called Earthseed. In this hybrid seminar/studio course, we will begin with a reading and analysis of Butler's Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998). Afterwards, students will imagine & create animated projects that conceptually tie to the themes present in Octavia Butler's work, including afrofuturism, climate change, and political injustice. This course is limited to Division II and III students. Students should have a working knowledge of Dragon Frame, Premiere Pro, Sound recording, and traditional or digital 2D animation. Expect to spend 8-12 hours per week outside of class time. Students will need an external hard drive for this course Keywords: Octavia Butler, Animation, Science Fiction

Time and Narrative The content of this course deals with issues of race and power This course can be used to fulfill the Division II Project requirement Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time