Arts Cultures: Arab World

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Arts and Cultures of the Arab World This course will address contemporary cultural production in the Arab World, focusing on arts, literature, music, and other cultural material from the present. We will focus on how culture and art relate to global and national projects and civil society, and the roles of culture creators, such as artists, poets, writers, musicians, etc. We will read/watch/view primary artistic and cultural material as well as study how governmental, media, and non-governmental authorities approach arts and cultures and into the realms of everyday life, whether that is through education systems, museums, television and radio, etc. Students will develop a broad understanding of cultural and artistic production as well as gain familiarity with theories related to understanding cultural production. They will engage regularly with art, music, and literature throughout the class and develop their own research projects on the subject in the course.