Time-Based: Visualizing Otherness

3 units

In this documentary studio, students create video works that address personal and social interconnections, which help us understand ourselves and the world we inhabit. Othering occurs when individuals or groups are defined as not fitting within societal norms, and is often linked to racism, sexism, xenophobia, transphobia, and classism. In this course, we tell stories through documentary video to expand notions of who belongs, how we belong, and how we see ourselves and each other. Students engage in self-directed research for a final project and are assessed through collective critique.