Vision and Justice (The Seminar)

Harvard FAS

How has visual representation—from videos and photographs to sculptures and memorials—both limited and liberated our definition of American citizenship and belonging? Art is often considered a respite from life or a reflection of the times, but this class examines how art actually has created the times in which we live. The distribution of rights is central to justice. The rights of citizenship are many, but central to them all is the right, even the responsibility, to…