The Racialized Sporting Landscape of St. Louis: Athletics Aesthetics, Bias, and Opportunity

3 units

This interdisciplinary course considers the racialized landscape of St. Louis through the lenses of sporting cultures and creative practices. Co-taught by John Early (Sam Fox) and Noah Cohan (American Culture Studies), this seminar will examine the history of sports and race in St. Louis, illuminate the realities of access and inequity in the sporting landscape of the city, and imagine more equitable futures. In addition to writing bi-weekly reading responses and one historical paper, students will maintain a research sketchbook, design and print a zine, and create a public-facing creative project. Students in the College of Art and in the AMCS program will be given enrollment priority. Prerequisites: None