| VISC 3B96 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Re-claiming Indigenous Voice and Vision 0.50 Credit(s) Academic Course |
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| Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC credit. |
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| This course is designed to investigate how certain theories born from the European Enlightenment have served as justification for imperial domination over the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Theories such as Thomas Hobbes’s state of nature, the survival of the fittest, manifest destiny, and, later, Modernism’s focus on the notion of universality have affected and defined the lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada and internationally. In the twenty-first century, the legacy of this history continues to create the extreme political realities that Indigenous peoples face today. The title of this course is drawn from a conference and collection of essays edited by Marie Battiste which examines how contemporary Indigenous artists, activists, and scholars are voicing their own political autonomy/Indigenous sovereignty through (re)claiming and (re)telling their own (re)presentational histories. |
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| Anti-requisite: Please note that students who have previously taken VISC 3B42 Critical Issues & Ideas in Contemporary First Nations Art in 2006-2007, taught by Tannis Nielsen may not take VISC 3B96 for further credit. |
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| Notes: This "Special Topic" course provides more advanced analysis of a topic of general interest or relevance. This course fulfills 0.5 credit toward the Liberal Studies requirements for a BFA or BDes. |
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| Course was last updated August 26, 2008 - 11:10 AM | |