Migrant, Bridge, Border, Wall

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course takes up the relations between aesthetics and politics as they pertain to traffic, migrancy and the international movement of people. Politico-philosophical categories such as freedom, containment, refugee, civilian, (in)equality, nation, hate and hospitality will be at the center of our conversations. Our approach will be interdisciplinary and our objects of study will include recent literature, film, television and historical research that deal with these themes in a sustained way. Language of instruction: English. Spanish majors taking this course for major credit will complete written assignments in Spanish.