Inside/Outside: Anatomy of ID

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Insider/Outsider: The Anatomy of Identity in Art and Language Explores how personal identity is an unfinalizable process of “becoming” and how identity is creatively expressed through art, symbols, language, and performance. Topics will include empowerment, advocacy, allyship, normativity, accessibility, and counterculture through readings, visits to museums and performances, guest speakers, and student-centered art projects. -Identify and understand how visual and verbal/written language is used to express identity -Critically examine artwork and language use within their historical, cultural, and social contexts -Integrate artistic processes to creatively express aspects of identity as self-actualization and exploration -Examine ways in which systems inhibit and promote full participation of people based on ability, race, gender, identity, neurodiversity, culture