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Art Forms, Resistance and Counter-narratives in India Savvina Chowdhury and Ratna Roy cultural studies dance gender and women's studies political economy	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day			S 16Spring		What role does dance, theatre, art and literature play in liberatory struggles? From anti-colonial struggles during the colonial era to ongoing struggles for democracy, this program will explore the role played by art forms and artists in resisting colonial domination, negotiating power structures and offering counter-narratives. Our program will examine forms of resistance that arose in the context of colonial India, as well as those that mark the postcolonial experience of India as a nation of diverse communities. Through our study of history, literature, dance, theatre and political economy, we will examine the ways in which marginalized communities in India have used various art forms to “talk back” to narratives of domination and create public spaces that counter the psychic and social oppressions of colonialism, neocolonialism and neoliberalism today. Some of the art forms we will explore include: the street theatre, dance and literature that played a significant role in anti-colonial struggles; the music, traditions and lives of who contested the strictures of gender and class by living lives that flouted the dominant norms of womanhood and femininity; as well as the music and street theatre of contemporary marginalized communities facing displacement and dispossession. Throughout the quarter, we will use the lenses of political economy to contextualize the backdrop of material conditions in which these art forms were practiced historically, as well as the conditions in which they are performed today.	Savvina Chowdhury Ratna Roy	Tue Tue Wed Thu Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring	Spring
Back in the Days: History Through Hip Hop and Haiku Anthony Zaragoza African American studies American studies cultural studies gender and women's studies history literature music political economy	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	4, 8, 16	04 08 16	Day				Su 16 Session I Summer	We'll explore history through the lens of seemingly contrasting art forms: hiphop and haiku. Beginning with Lipsitz’s idea that artistic expression reflects, responds to and shapes historical realities, we'll look back to Hiphop's beginnings in Africa, connections to the Caribbean, birth in NYC, and growth into a global phenomenon. Meanwhile, Haiku, a thousand years old with roots in China, leaves its initial role as mood-setter for a longer Japanese work, appears solo as a linguistic snapshot, and flowers into Japanese popular art with worldwide influence. We'll examine these histories, read and write poems, listen to music, watch films, and compare/contrast these global art forms. Students who take the course for more than four credits will have the option of doing independent projects and readings related to deepening the learning and work of the course. 12 and 16 credit students will complete the additional work over the full summer session. If you are absolutely unable to meet at the listed hours, but are still interested in the class, email me at zaragozt@evergreen.edu, and we can find a solution.	Anthony Zaragoza	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer	Summer
Beyond the Binary in Science and the Arts Chico Herbison and Amy Cook American studies biology cultural studies gender and women's studies	Program	FR–SOFreshmen–Sophomore	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall				This program will explore issues of identity and our tendency to see the world in binary (that is, "either/or") terms. We all rely, in varying degrees, on certain categories and labels to help us understand ourselves and our environment. What if those categories blurred or merged and we began to see plants, animals, and people in “and/both” terms rather than “either/or” fashion? What does it mean to be “black and white” or “male and female” or “human and machine”? One of the goals of this program is to expose flaws in binary forms of thinking and analysis and, in the process, help students question the very foundations of what is considered normal in our world.The sciences, the arts, and popular culture will be our primary investigative tools. Topics for exploration will include race, biology, and genetics; the fusion of human and machine (cyborgs, artificial intelligence, implants, and prostheses); diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature (for example, marine invertebrates that have both male and female sex organs or transgender expression among hummingbirds); how mixed-race and transgender identities help challenge the mythologies of race and gender; and what cinematic representations of vampires, monsters, and aliens can teach us about the meanings of "human" and other topics.Our learning goals will include development of analytical/critical thinking, reading, and writing skills; communication skills; and the ability to work across disciplines and differences. Weekly activities will include lectures/presentations, labs, workshops, film screenings, and seminars. Students will be required to submit weekly lab reports and seminar assignments, maintain an Identity Journal, and produce and present a final project.	Chico Herbison Amy Cook	Tue Wed Thu Thu Fri	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO	Fall	Fall
Bodies That Matter Carolyn Prouty, Laura Citrin and Rita Pougiales anthropology biology gender and women's studies health physiology psychology sociology Signature Required: Winter	Program	FR–SOFreshmen–Sophomore	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter			Bodies are tangible; they have form and substance, a materiality that we can perceive, sense, and touch. Bodies, too, can sense and feel the world they inhabit—the heat of the sun, the pain of a thorn, the coolness of water, the slap of an insult, the jolt from a pleasant surprise. Bodies are organisms that grow, change, and die. It is within these bodies that we experience what we call a And yet, bodies are also signs; like a text, we learn to read (and misread) our body and the bodies of others. The color, size, age, and sex of a body (among other features) are computed to determine meaning and value. Some bodies matter in our cultural, political, historical field more than others; some bodies are prized and imitated. The body, in its psychological, biological, and social realms, will be at the center of our study. We will investigate the knowledge we have created about the body and how that knowledge relates to broader cultural, historical, environmental, and political forces. Our study will integrate current research and scholarship from the fields of psychology, biology, anthropology, feminist epistemology and philosophy, public health, literature, and sociology. We will study introductory anatomy and physiology—the basics of how our bodies work—in order to know something about the physical matter of which our bodies are comprised, and concepts in public health that help us to understand the contexts which determine health and illness. Our work in social psychology will examine the everyday interplay between embodied individuals and the social world in which we live, move, think, emote, and act. Through anthropological, sociological, and feminist lenses, we will examine the history, institutions, and cultural beliefs that shape how and why bodies are judged to be healthy or sick, normal or abnormal, beautiful or ugly, virtuous or deviant, powerful or weak.In this lower-division program for freshmen and sophomores, we will pay special attention to nurturing intellectual skills and sensibilities. In particular, we will help students learn to listen and observe attentively, do close and critical reading with challenging texts, contribute clear and well developed writing, make relevant contributions to seminar discussions, and acquire research and laboratory skills in biology, social psychology, and anthropology.	Carolyn Prouty Laura Citrin Rita Pougiales		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO	Fall	Fall Winter
Caliban and the Witch Miranda Mellis, Peter Bohmer and Elizabeth Williamson cultural studies gender and women's studies literature political economy theater writing	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day and Evening	F 15 Fall				How can monsters and witches, figured so closely in relation to animals both in being endangered and dangerous, help us think about climate change, the sixth great extinction we are currently undergoing, transition, transformation, and adaptation? How might these – monsters, witches, and climate change – be tied to social movements, political economy, and social change?This intensive literature, creative writing, and political economy program will take up the above questions and others. Students in this program will learn to read, think, and discourse analytically and will develop creative and critical writing and research skills through the study of contemporary and historical relationships between climate change, inequality, and capitalism. We’ll learn about the changes in the global political economy from the Middle Ages to the present and its implications for daily life. Pivotal concepts will be introduced to analyze the past, the present and possible futures through literary and economic lenses. Shakespeare's whose anti-hero, Caliban, has become a symbol of resistance to colonization – will form a core text. The program title is taken from Silvia Federici's study an illuminating analysis of the movements and peoples who had to be suppressed in order to build the foundations of modern capitalism. Using these two texts as our focal points, students will be introduced to key concepts in Marxist, feminist, economic, and post-colonial theory as well as experimental approaches to contemporary storytelling, including feminist and post-colonial appropriations. Students will be invited to re-think the political-economic underpinnings of inherited conceptions of space and knowledge. We'll also consider the dominant role that storms, droughts, shipwrecks, and other disasters have played in canonical and contemporary art, and participate, along with a consortium of other programs in sciences and humanities, in shared curriculum focused on climate change.	Miranda Mellis Peter Bohmer Elizabeth Williamson	Mon Wed Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Dangerous Ladies in Changing Times: An Investigation of Significant Women of American Identity in the 20th and 21st Centuries Tacoma Barbara Laners cultural studies gender and women's studies history sociology	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	8	08	Day				Su 16 Summer	This class will examine the role of women in the development of America's social, economic, legal, and political history. More particularly, the class will focus on women from slavery, suffrage, the civil rights movement, and new issues raised by a contemporary interpretation of the 14th Amendment. All aspects of the gender equity gap will be explored, including new definitions and the impact of who is included therein.	Barbara Laners	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer	Summer
The Emerging Self George Freeman gender and women's studies psychology queer studies	Program	JR–SRJunior–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall				The "emerging self" connotes our continued process of development through the life span. This program explores the concept of the self, a range of developmental theories, and frames the question of "Who am I?" as a therapeutic endeavor. We will use our personal journey of self discovery as one aspect of the emergent self. We will explore both established theoretical models as well as the literature of "self-help" to come to an understanding of the academic as well as the layperson's views of the self.	George Freeman	Mon Tue Wed	Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Even When Erased, We Exist: Native American Women Standing Strong for Justice Frances V. Rains Native American studies gender and women's studies leadership studies	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall				Native American women have been erased from history. It is not that they did not exist; it is that they were , omitted from history. At the same time, stereotypes such as "squaw" and "princess" have plagued Native women since 1492. Ironically, the history of Native women has reflected a different reality with a long tradition of standing strong for justice. Native women have stood to protect the lands and the natural world, their cultures, languages, the health of their families, and Tribal Sovereignty. But few learn about these Native women, who consistently defied the stereotypes in order to work for the betterment of their peoples and nations. Drawing upon the experiences and writings of such women, we will explore the ways in which leadership is articulated in many Native American communities. We will critique how feminist theory has both served and ignored Native women. Through case studies, autobiography, literature and films, we will analyze how Native women have argued for sovereignty and developed agendas that privilege community over individuality. We will explore the activism of 20th century Native women leaders, particularly in the areas of the environment, the family system and the law.This program will implement decolonizing methodologies to give voice to some of these women, while deconstructing the stereotypes, in order to honor and provide a different way of knowing about these courageous Native American women, past and present. Students will develop skills as writers, researchers and potential advocates by studying scholarly and imaginative works and conducting research. Through extensive reading and writing, dialogue, art, films and possible guest speakers, we will investigate important aspects of the life and times of some of these Native American women across the centuries.	Frances V. Rains	Mon Wed Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Feminist Jurisprudence Artee Young African American studies American studies education gender and women's studies government history law and government policy law and public policy political science	Program	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	16	16	Day			S 16Spring		Feminist jurisprudence is a philosophy of law based on the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. Students will be introduced to various schools of thought and concepts of inequality in the law spanning historical periods from the 1920s (ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution) to the present. Students will investigate historical foundations of gender inequality as well as the history of legal attempts to address that inequality, including U.S. Supreme Court cases; Federal laws, including Title VII and Title IX; and feminist jurisprudence. Lectures and discussions will include topics on the development of the Constitutional standard for sex equality, legal feminism from the 1970s to the present incorporating work and family as well as home and workplace conflicts. Students and faculty will review legal precedents related to feminist jurisprudence raised by the Supreme Court’s interpretations of the law and analyzed and discussed by the legal community in law review articles and related academic research. Issues presented by the cases will include, among others: women as lawyers, women and reproduction, prostitution, surrogacy and reproductive technology, women and partner violence, pornography, sexual harassment, taxation, gender and athletics. Students will also examine current and historical documents on inequality and legal issues that continue to impact women. Intersections of gender and race will also be critically analyzed.The Socratic method and lectures will be the principal modes of instruction. Student panel presentations on assigned topics/cases will contribute to new knowledge and an enhanced understanding of feminist jurisprudence and its place in the historical development of women’s rights and responsibilities. In addition to panel presentations, students will be required to produce legal memoranda, journals and a final research project submitted in one of the following forms: a well-documented research paper/article on feminist jurisprudence, an art/graphics project reflecting historical or current women’s legal issues, or a forum on a specific feminist legal issue/topic, among others.	Artee Young	Mon Mon Mon Wed Wed Wed Thu Thu Thu	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring	Spring
Film and Gender Elizabeth Williamson cultural studies gender and women's studies media studies queer studies	Course	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	4	04	Weekend				Su 16 Session II Summer	This course examines film through the lens of gender studies. Both film studies and gender studies will be covered at an introductory level, with additional support and opportunities provided to students with previous experience. We will focus primarily on female-identified performers, producers, and directors, but we will address their work through an intersectional lens, with attention paid to elements of race and sexuality, as well as to non-binary gender identities. There will be one screening with lecture every week; students will watch additional films at home and post weekly screening reports. More advanced students may pursue a research or screenwriting project in lieu of weekly reports.	Elizabeth Williamson	Sat	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer	Summer
Gender, Power, and Relationships Simona Sharoni communication community studies gender and women's studies health sociology	Course	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	2	02	Weekend				Su 16 Session I Summer	Students will explore the characteristics and dynamics of both healthy and unhealthy relationships with special attention focused on college life. Students will examine critically the literature about gender-based violence with special attention to intimate-partner violence, rape and sexual assault. Through the use of films, small-group discussions, role-playing and other interactive activities, students will not only become aware, but also build confidence and practical skills for violence prevention and intervention on campus and in the community.	Simona Sharoni	Fri Fri Sat Sat Sun Sun	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer	Summer
Mediaworks: Signifying Power and Difference on Screen(s) Naima Lowe and Julie Russo African American studies art history communication cultural studies gender and women's studies media arts media studies queer studies visual arts writing Signature Required: Fall	Program	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	16	16	Day and Evening	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter	S 16Spring		What does it mean to make moving images in an age of omnipresent media, information overload, social inequality, and global capitalism? What's the relationship between aesthetic form and power across race, class, gender, and other axes of difference? How can we understand the interplay between popular media and experimental modes? How do we critically engage with the history and traditions of media practices while testing the boundaries of established forms? What responsibilities do media artists and producers have to their subjects and audiences? How can media makers represent or transform the “real” world? Students will engage with these questions as they gain skills in film/video/television history and theory, critical analysis, media production, collaboration, and critique.This full-time, yearlong program links media theory with practice. We will explore a variety of media modes and communication strategies, primarily interrogating representations of the "real” in media texts spanning the continuum between popular entertainment and artistic practice. As creative critics, we will gain fluency in methodologies including: close reading and formal analysis; mapping narrative and genre; unpacking power from feminist, critical race, decolonial, and anti-capitalist perspectives; and cultural, historical, and technological framing of commercial and independent media production. These analytical skills will help us understand strategies that artists have employed to challenge, mobilize, and re-appropriate mainstream media forms. As critical creators, we'll learn foundational production skills and experiment with alternative approaches, including nonfiction, video art, writing for and about media, autobiography, essay films, remix, installations, and performance. In addition to production assignments, program activities will encompass analysis and criticism through screenings, readings, seminars, research, and critical writing. We'll also spend significant time in critique sessions discussing our creative and critical work.In fall, students will explore ways of seeing, listening, and observing in various formats, focusing intensively on 16mm film production and completing both skill-building exercises and short projects. These collaborative exercises and projects will have thematic and technical guidelines consistent with the program curriculum. Our production work will be grounded in the study of concepts and methodologies from media history and theory, including significant critical reading, research, and writing. In hands-on workshops and assignments, we'll analyze images as communication and commodities and investigate how images create and contest meaning in art, politics, and consumer culture.In winter, students will delve deeply into field- and studio-based video/audio production and digital editing, using the CCAM studio and HD video technologies. We'll do this learning in conjunction with studying the social and technological history of television and video. Our production work will be primarily collaborative, though students will conclude the quarter by working on an independent project proposal.In spring, as a culmination of the conceptual, collaboration, and production skills developed in fall and winter, each student will create an independent project. Possible forms include video or film, installation, web-based projects, research projects, and internships. Technical workshops, screenings, research presentations, and critique discussions will support this emerging work.	Naima Lowe Julie Russo		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Out of the Shadows: Women of Color in the Era of Civil Rights Elizabeth Williamson and Frances V. Rains African American studies Native American studies cultural studies gender and women's studies history literature	Program	FR ONLYFreshmen Only	16	16	Day		W 16Winter			The Civil Rights era is typically described as a set of movements inching towards justice through the hard work of individual organizers—predominantly African-American males. When an entire historical moment is narrated in this way, women of color—their actions, their contributions, and their leadership—are implicitly relegated to the shadows. Students who are taught history in this way learn not to question what is “unseen,” which in turn reinforces the patriarchal status quo. This program seeks to resist that status quo by shining light on the leadership and work of many erased women of color across the decades of the 1950s-1970s.In addition to studying the crucial roles women of color played in the era of Civil Rights, we will learn about the critiques women of color provided of both white feminism and the male-dominated Black Power movement. In other words, we will highlight the role of women-of-color activists, writers, singers, and leaders in the struggle to forge a truly intersectional analysis of American systems of oppression. Because our 10-week study will necessarily be incomplete, students will be invited to do biographical or creative projects on figures and topics not covered in our syllabus.Significant attention will be paid to helping students develop their reading and critical thinking skills, and we will also supplement our textual analysis with films and music from the period.	Elizabeth Williamson Frances V. Rains	Mon Mon Wed Thu Thu	Freshmen FR	Winter	Winter
Queer Narratives Anne de Marcken (Forbes) and Alejandro de Acosta gender and women's studies literature media arts media studies philosophy queer studies writing	Program	JR–SRJunior–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall				In this program, students will interrogate and generate queer narratives by thinking through narrative aspects of queer concepts and theories and discovering what is (or can be) queer in various narrative forms.To take on this work we’ll engage with some foundational texts of queer theory as well as its contemporary articulations, addressing themes of sex and gender, queer and trans subjectivities, race and culture, drugs and technology, visibility and opacity, and many possible political articulations of a queer sort. In addition, a variety of critical, literary, lyrical, and cinematic texts that push and problematize conventions of narrative will serve as foci for inquiry and for inspiration.We’ll combine lectures, seminars, readings, screenings, and workshops to build a foundation in theoretical modes of reading, writing, and discussion as well as to develop technical skills in creative writing and media.Students will place their work in a critical context in order to consider whether queerness and narrative—both the body and the body of work—are “natural”, constructed, or something else entirely.	Anne de Marcken (Forbes) Alejandro de Acosta	Mon Mon Wed Thu Thu	Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Reading Between the Lines: U.S. Women of Color in the 20th Century Frances V. Rains gender and women's studies history political science	Program	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	16	16	Day			S 16Spring		The 20th century has not been the exclusive domain of Euro-American men and women in the U.S. yet it often requires to realize that women of color have also existed at the same time. Repeatedly, women of color [e.g., African American, Native American, Asian American, Latina/Chicana] have been stereotyped and have endured multiple oppressions, leaving them seemingly voiceless and invisible. Such circumstances have hidden from view how these same women were active agents in the context of their times, who worked to protect their cultures, languages and families. These women of color often resisted the passive victimization associated with them. Gaining an introduction to such women of color can broaden and enrich our understanding of what it has meant to be a woman and a citizen in 20th century North America.Drawing upon autobiographies, poetry, short stories, essays and films, we will explore the ways in which women of color defied the stereotypes and contributed to the economic, social, political and cultural life of the contemporary United States. We will critique how feminist theory has both served and ignored these women. We will analyze how 20th century U.S. women of color survived, struggled, challenged barriers, and forged their own paths to make life a little easier and better for the next generation of women and men.Students will develop skills as writers and researchers by studying scholarly and imaginative works and conducting research. Through extensive reading and writing, dialogue, films and guest speakers, we will investigate important aspects of the life and times of women of color in the 20th century.	Frances V. Rains	Mon Wed Thu	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring	Spring
Reinterpreting Liberation: Third World Movements and Migrations Alice Nelson, Savvina Chowdhury and Therese Saliba cultural studies gender and women's studies history international studies literature political economy Signature Required: Winter Spring	Program	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter	S 16Spring		For centuries, shouts of liberation have echoed through the streets, from Kolkata, India, to Caracas, Venezuela. Today, new movements are afoot, inviting us to revisit the question, "What does independence mean in the cultural, historical, political, and economic context of the global South?" Third World liberation movements that arose in the aftermath of World War II did so not only as organized resistance to colonial forms of oppression and domination, but also as attempts to reconceptualize an alternative, anti-imperial and anti-racist world view. While gaining some measure of political independence, nations such as India, Egypt, Algeria, Mexico, and Nicaragua found that they remained enmeshed in neocolonial relations of exploitation vis-à-vis the former colonial masters and the emerging U.S. empire. Their post-colonial experience with nation-building bears witness to the actuality that political liberation remains inseparable from economic independence.Through the disciplinary lenses of literature, cultural studies, political economy, and feminist theory, this program will explore how various ideas of liberation (sometimes complementary, sometimes contradictory) have emerged and changed over time, in the contexts of Latin America, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. We will explore religious, national, gender, ethnic, and cultural identities that shape narratives of liberation through the discourses of colonialism, neocolonialism, religious traditions, and other mythic constructions of the past. We will examine how deep structural inequalities have produced the occupation and partitioning of land and migrations, both forced and "chosen."With emphasis on a variety of texts, we will examine the ways in which authors revisit their histories of European and U.S. colonialism and imperialism, question the ways stories have been written, and seek to tell another story, reinterpreting liberation. In fall, we will explore several historical models of liberation and critique dominant representations of Third World nations. We will focus especially on India's path to independence, the Algerian and Cuban revolutions, Egypt/Arab nationalism, and the Chilean Road to Socialism. In winter, we will move forward chronologically, framing our cases within the current context of neoliberalism. Our case studies will include Iran and Nicaragua in 1979 and afterwards, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, post-nationalist resistance movements in Mexico, opposition to U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, the recent Arab uprisings, and issues of ecology and resource sovereignty affecting the three regions. We will look at feminist involvement in these contexts, as well as the role of U.S. foreign and economic policy in suppressing liberatory movements.In spring quarter, we will focus on migration as a legacy of colonial relations, neoliberal globalization, and heightened militarization. We will examine border cultures and the day-to-day realities of dislocation through the literature of various diasporas, and the quest for community, sovereignty, and economic security in the post 9-11 era. For part of their spring quarter credit, students will have the opportunity to engage in community-based internships around issues of immigration and human rights or project work related to program themes.	Alice Nelson Savvina Chowdhury Therese Saliba		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter Spring
Selves and Others: Representation and Performance Steven Hendricks, Susan Fiksdal, Brian Walter and Toska Olson gender and women's studies literature sociology theater writing Signature Required: Winter	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter			Creative writers, performers, and social scientists all engage with deep inquiries into what it's like to be a person and what it means to live within a society that shapes our lives.In this program, we'll examine the cultural norms that shape our notions of selfhood, the forces that compel individuals to construct their identities and their bodies in certain ways, and the means by which creative activities, including research, can disrupt those norms and the ideologies behind them. We'll do this through specific disciplinary perspectives on the idea of the individual across three disciplines: improvisational performance, sociology, and creative writing. In the fall, major readings will include sociological studies and theoretical texts and a selection of 20 -century literature emphasizing innovative approaches to character. Active research, creative writing, and essay projects will challenge students to develop their own inquiries in relation to program themes. Regular workshops in field-research methods, creative and critical writing, and improvisation will allow students to build new skills, gain confidence with different modes of learning, and explore their own rich questions across disciplines. Beginning in winter, students will develop major projects integrating what they've learned in all three disciplines, including sociological research and creative writing, culminating in the development of collaborative performance pieces in spring quarter.	Steven Hendricks Susan Fiksdal Brian Walter Toska Olson	Mon Tue Thu Fri	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter
The Social Gaze: Representation and Resistance Steven Hendricks, Brian Walter and Toska Olson gender and women's studies literature media studies sociology theater writing	Program	FR–SOFreshmen–Sophomore	16	16	Day			S 16Spring		In the film , Roddy Piper puts on a pair of sunglasses that reveal the subliminal messages in all art and advertising and the secret alien invasion behind it all. It's true: having a critical eye can take the joy out of mindless consumption. In this program, you'll develop your critical edge, by means of critical sociological studies of film, literary studies and creative writing as influenced by semiotics, and performance workshops that challenge you to activate your imagination in new ways—not least of all your capacity for spontaneity and collaborative storytelling. Such work will train you to see how filmic images, stories of all kinds, and social systems are assembled in ways that generate meaning and guide our thinking.Whole-program work will include three separate weeks dedicated to watching and discussing films—our own "film festivals." A critical approach to these films will be central to our shared examination and integration of program concepts and themes. Through discussion and writing about these films, you'll learn to deconstruct media messages about American culture with a special focus on gender, sexuality, race, and class. In addition, we will consider the potential for film and other creative activities to promote empowerment and social change.As a complement to our sociological study of film, students will join one of two focus areas (with limited space in each): improv performance or creative writing.In addition, everyone will participate in workshops in writing, improv, and sociology with the goal of collaborating with peers across focus areas in developing integrative projects that explore program themes of social identity, performance, social systems, dramaturgy, creative process, narrative form, representation, liberation, and empowerment.	Steven Hendricks Brian Walter Toska Olson	Tue Wed Thu Fri	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO	Spring	Spring
Student-Originated Studies: Social Work/Human Services Skill Sets Gary Peterson Native American studies cultural studies education gender and women's studies history law and public policy sociology	SOS	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall				This one-quarter, student-centered program allows students to study social work as a career option. The program is designed to meet the needs of students with differing interests in the social work field. Because of this, we will create the syllabus as we proceed to include a variety of student interests. Students are encouraged to invite guest speakers, bring videos, and suggest books. The faculty will work with students to ensure that their learning goals are met. Program activities will consist of lectures, guest speakers, seminars, videos, etc. As foundational information, all students will read by Paulo Friere. From there, students will create their own reading lists based on their areas of interest. A history component will introduce students to the historical and cultural experiences of groups served by the social services system, such as women, Native Americans, African Americans, the poor, youth, etc. A cultural competence component will be self-exploratory, enabling students to understand what they bring to a cultural encounter in a service-providing role. Students will use online tools and related readings to gain an understanding of the Indian Child Welfare Act and the cultural factors to consider when handling cases involving Indian children and families.Students may work in groups on projects of common interest. Students are encouraged to present what they learn to the class as well as write reflectively. Students will write at least one poem, based on George Ella Lyon's poem, "Where I'm From." A portfolio of student work will be maintained.	Gary Peterson		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Terroir: Chocolate, Oysters, and Other Place-Flavored Foods Sarah Williams, Steven Scheuerell and Abir Biswas agriculture anthropology environmental studies field studies gender and women's studies geology sustainability studies	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter	S 16Spring		If you crunch on a carrot, savor a cacao nib, or sip a coffee while learning about with a geologist, a permaculturalist, and a cultural theorist, what will you taste? Often associated with wine, is a French word that distinguishes a food that is what it because of a taste of the place from which it comes. There are complex cultural traditions alongside the scientific factors we will explore for describing the effects of climate, soil, environment, and agricultural practices on our perception of flavor. We'll also explore the combined effects of smell and taste and their expression in terroir in relation to scientific and consumer objectivity. Throughout the year, we will focus on case studies of specific foods to explore terroir from a variety of methodologies and disciplinary perspectives via faculty lectures, readings, seminar, writing, field trips, films, community-based service learning, independent field studies, and an alumni lecture series. Fall quarter, we’ll focus on the terroir of coffee, chocolate, and wine. We’ll begin with chocolate and tea conferences during the Week 1 weekend, followed up by a 4 day program retreat (Week 4) to Washington-Oregon wine growing country to gain an understanding of the influences of climate, topography, soils, and bedrock on viticulture in the PNW. Faculty members will provide an introduction to their disciplines in relation to terroir's expression in coffee, chocolate, and wine through a combination of lectures and tastings (grapes in the case of wine). Students will study physical geology, focusing on the broader plate tectonics and volcanic processes. Likewise, students will investigate permaculture design and will study how the landscape properties of a particular place can be modified and combined to create a unique entity. Students will also explore how terroir is a relation of reciprocity between subject and object using poststructuralist theory infused with gender and colonial critique as well as ethnographic strategies. We will engage the complexity of terroir as perception history, place soil, molecules marketing. Winter quarter, we’ll focus on oysters, chocolate, and tea. Students will have the opportunity to travel through Oregon and California on a field trip to study geological and climatological influences on agriculture and food flavors, with the option to attend the EcoFarm conference. Over the quarter, students will study soil development processes and the effects of climate change on the terroir of place-flavored foods, including the effects of changes in ocean chemistry on the terroir of oysters.Spring quarter will begin with the study of terroir's expression in honey, chocolate, and potatoes. Students will gain hands-on horticultural/gardening training at Demeter’s Garden on Evergreen’s farm to facilitate student engagement in agricultural and permaculture fieldwork. During the latter half of the quarter, everyone will complete an independent or small-group, multiweek research project, community-based service-learning experience, or field study, and will share their learning progress via a structured online program forum.	Sarah Williams Steven Scheuerell Abir Biswas	Tue Wed Thu Fri	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter
Undergraduate Projects in Critical and Creative Practices Naima Lowe, Anne de Marcken (Forbes), Shaw Osha (Flores) and Kathleen Eamon African American studies art history communication cultural studies gender and women's studies literature media arts media studies visual arts writing Signature Required: Fall Winter Spring	Program	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	V	V	Day, Evening and Weekend	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter	S 16Spring		This is an opportunity for students to work on faculty-driven scholarly and creative projects. By working with faculty in a studio and research “apprentice” model, students will gain hands-on experience in visual arts studio practices, film/media production practices, the creative writing workshop focused on craft, critical research and writing, library and archival research practices, and much more. (creative writing and digital media) uses creative writing and digital media as methods of narrative inquiry into questions of presence and absence, disappearance and emergence, loss, survival, and memory. Her process-based work results in short stories, personal essays, moving image narratives, sometimes web environments, and often hybrids of these forms. Her current areas of inquiry include climate change, the interactions of place and identity, and the experience of survival. She is presently working on a multimedia narrative installation and a feature film. Students working with Anne will have opportunities to work on one or both of these projects. Depending upon project phase at the time of enrollment as well as individual students’ strengths and interests, activities may include research, installation design and construction, text-based work, and/or audio-video post production. (social and political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of art) has interests in German idealism (Kant and Hegel), historical materialism (Marx, 20th-century Marxists, and critical theory), and psychoanalysis (Freud and Lacan). She is currently working on an unorthodox project about Kant and Freud, under the working title, “States of Partial Undress: the Fantasy of Sociability.” Students working with Kathleen will have opportunities to join her in her inquiry, learn about and pursue research in the humanities, and critically respond to the project as it comes together. In addition to work in Kantian aesthetics and Freudian dream theory, the project will involve questions about futurity, individual wishes and fantasies, and the possibility of collective and progressive models of sociability and fantasy. (experimental media and performance art) creates films, videos, performances, and written works that explore issues of race, gender, and embodiment. The majority of her work includes an archival research element that explores historical social relationships and mythic identities. She is currently working on a series of short films and performances that explore racial identity in rural settings. Students working with Naima will have opportunities to learn media production and post-production skills (including storyboarding, scripting, 16mm and HD video shooting, location scouting, audio recording, audio/video editing, etc.) through working with a small crew comprised of students and professional artists. Students would also have opportunities to do archival and historical research on African-Americans living in rural settings, and on literature, film, and visual art that deals with similar themes. Students are generally best equipped for this option if they have taken at least one full year of studies in Media or Visual Arts in a program such as MediaWorks, NonFiction Media, or its equivalent. (visual art) works in painting, photography, drawing, writing, and video. She explores issues of visual representation, affect as a desire, social relationship, and the conditions that surround us. She is currently working on a project based on questions of soul in artwork. Students working with Shaw will have opportunities to learn about artistic research, critique, grant and statement writing, website design, studio work, and concerns in contemporary art making.	Naima Lowe Anne de Marcken (Forbes) Shaw Osha (Flores) Kathleen Eamon		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter Spring
Undergraduate Projects in Critical and Creative Practices with N. Lowe Naima Lowe African American studies art history communication cultural studies gender and women's studies media studies visual arts Signature Required: Fall Winter Spring	Research	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	V	V	Day, Evening and Weekend	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter	S 16Spring		This is an opportunity for students to work on faculty-driven scholarly and creative projects. By working with faculty in a studio and research “apprentice” model, students will gain hands-on experience in visual arts studio practices, film/media production practices, the creative writing workshop focused on craft, critical research and writing, library and archival research practices, and much more. (experimental media and performance art) creates films, videos, performances and written works that explore issues of race, gender, and embodiment. The majority of her work includes an archival research element that explores historical social relationships and mythic identities. She is currently working on a series of short films and performances that explore racial identity in rural settings. Students working with Naima would have opportunities to learn media production and post-production skills (including storyboarding, scripting, 16mm and HD video shooting, location scouting, audio recording, audio/video editing, etc) through working with a small crew comprised of students and professional artists. Students would also have opportunities to do archival and historical research on African-Americans living in rural settings, and on literature, film and visual art that deals with similar themes. Students are generally best equipped for this option if they have taken at least one full year of studies in Media or Visual Arts in a program such as MediaWorks, NonFiction Media, or its equivalent.	Naima Lowe		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter Spring
What is She Saying? Anne de Marcken (Forbes) gender and women's studies literature writing	Program	JR–SRJunior–Senior	16	16	Day		W 16Winter			Participants in this program will engage creative writing—their own and that of published authors—as a nexus for critical and creative inquiry, delving into the content and characteristics that mark the work and words of women writing today in very different voices from different perspectives. What are women saying to us—about themselves, about us, about the world? How do fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry serve as modes of critical engagement? What can we say in these modes that can’t be said any other way? How do we as readers and writers of any gender or sexual identification listen to what is said by women? How can we respond? How do we speak for ourselves and for others?Program participants will "locate" themselves and their work in a cultural and critical context, and will contribute to the discourse of contemporary writers. We will study and practice the elements of narrative and lyrical discourse through workshops, presentations, seminar, critique and through iterative critical and creative writing assignments. There will be an emphasis on formal hybridity, the relationship between critical and creative thought and practice, as well as on development of a sustaining creative writing practice. Participants will experiment with different ways of engaging their work independently and as a community of artists: developing a daily writing practice, building and participating in an online community, and going away together to the Washington coast for a 4-day writing retreat.Participants will develop two significant creative projects throughout the quarter, and will produce a research project on a woman writer of their choice, using primary creative texts, secondary critical texts, and biographical works to conduct a rich and dimensionally complex investigation.Authors currently being considered for the program reading list include Claudia Rankine, Lidia Yuknavich, Maggie Nelson, Lia Purpura, Anne Carson, Casey Plett and others.	Anne de Marcken (Forbes)		Junior JR Senior SR	Winter	Winter
Writing Women's Lives: Printed Struggle Alexis Wolf gender and women's studies history literature writing	Course	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	4	04	Day and Evening				Su 16 Session II Summer	This course will look at the shifting experience of women during the 18th, 19th & early 20th centuries through the lens of American and British autobiographical, poetic, political and fictional literature. How did women's writing shape gender equality at various points in history? Can early feminist works offer blueprints for personal empowerment today? By reading and discussing the writing of Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Brontë, Margaret Fuller, Virginia Woolf, and others, we will examine how women represented their own lives through creative means in an effort to make their voices heard. Whether subtle or revolutionary, these texts still speak with an urgency that is relevant to the contemporary gender issues influencing our lives. Students will engage with the course themes through a responsive journal, working towards a final creative, interdisciplinary, or scholarly project.	Alexis Wolf	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer	Summer