Contemporary Topics in Media Arts

3 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Seminar, two hours; outside study, seven hours. Through discussions, readings, screenings, and critical writing, addresses a set of themes related to creative practices in moving image and computational media, and their historical and political roots. These include critical race theory, posthumanism, privacy, technology and power, identity and virtuality, digital aesthetics, play, and non-human authorship. Letter grading.