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GANAS — APA4154.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
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Credits: 1
In terms of public action, GANAS remains a community-driven, cross-cultural association that provides students with volunteer opportunities to engage with the predominantly undocumented Latino migrant worker population. These opportunities are increasingly facilitated by the group itself, in addition to partnerships with organizations such as Head Start, and the Bennington Free
CAPA

GANAS — APA4154.02) (cancelled

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
In terms of public action, GANAS remains a community-driven, cross-cultural association that provides students with volunteer opportunities to engage with the predominantly undocumented Latino migrant worker population. These opportunities are increasingly facilitated by the group itself, in addition to partnerships with organizations such as Head Start, and the Bennington Free
CAPA

Gender, Subsistence, and Agriculture — APA4241.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: tatianaabatemarco@bennington.edu
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Credits: 4
This course examines the intersections of gender, subsistence practice, and agriculture. Students will consider international and local contexts, with special attention to queer and women farmers and the role of capitalism. We will begin by considering case studies and personal stories of subsistence practice, homesteading, and small scale farming. From there, we will move into
CAPA Environment Society Culture and Thought

Genome Jumpstart: An Introduction to Bioinformatic Analysis — BIO2117.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Amie McClellan
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Credits: 4
This course offers an immersive experience into the world of DNA, genes, and genomes in eukaryotic organisms. In addition to getting a grasp of the foundational biology, we will become familiar with the computational algorithms and methodologies used to analyze and mine the ever-increasing data generated from whole-genome sequencing, high-throughput proteomic analyses, and our
Science and Mathematics

Geographies of Food: De-industrializing, Decolonizing and Re-indigenizing — APA4244.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
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Credits: 4
The course examines food in relationship to land and politics in the context of the history of colonialism. We will explore indigenous voices within the theoretical framework of food sovereignty issues and the industrialized global food system. This is a transdisciplinary research-based class that investigates less obvious factors relating to space/place, heritage, cultural
CAPA

Governing America — HIS2257.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Eileen Scully
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Credits: 4
Who鈥檚 running America, how, and to what ends? To get at these questions, we will conduct a wide-ranging overview of American governance. With an eye on the 2020 general election, our focus will be on political parties, the electoral college, campaign strategies, voting rights, congressional representation, 鈥渄ark money,鈥 social media politicking, and emerging cyber-threats to
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Governing America — HIS2257.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Who鈥檚 running America, how, and to what ends? To get at these questions, we will conduct a wide-ranging overview of American governance. With an eye on the 2020 general election, our focus will be on political parties, the electoral college, campaign strategies, voting rights, congressional representation, 鈥渄ark money,鈥 social media politicking, and emerging cyber-threats to
Society Culture and Thought

Graduate Assistantship in Public Action — APA5101.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Graduate students in Public Action are integrated into the CAPA and related discipline areas as teaching assistants. In consultation with the faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately 5 hours weekly.
CAPA

Graduate Assistantship in Public Action — APA5101.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Graduate students in Public Action are integrated into the CAPA and related discipline areas as teaching assistants. In consultation with the faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately 5 hours weekly.
CAPA

Graduate Research in Dance — DAN5305.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Dana Reitz
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Credits: 6
This class is designed for MFA students to show works-in-progress, try out ideas with their colleagues, and discuss issues involved in the development of new work. The weekly format is determined with the students. Outside of class, students develop their own independent creative projects that will be presented to the public, either formally or informally, by the end of the
Dance

Graduate Research in Public Action — APA5102.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 6
This class is designed for MFA students to research and develop new work, show work-in-progress, be in critical dialogue with their colleagues, and discuss issues involved in the development of new work. The weekly format is determined with the students. Outside of class, students develop their own independent creative projects that will be presented to the public, either
CAPA

Graduate Seminar on Pedagogy and Public Action — APA5103.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
This course is centered on conducting research and mapping the field of socially and civically engaged pedagogy within a global context. What capacities and skills do students who create artworks in collaboration with the public need to acquire and what is the history of teaching these practices?
CAPA

Graphical Persuasion: Visualizing Data Appropriately — MAT2249.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
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Credits: 2
Information and data surround us. They inform what we do, the decisions we make, and what we ask of others. But how can we see what the data is telling us? How can we build graphical approaches that will allow us to make our own decisions鈥攁nd help others see the patterns we are basing our decisions off of? By looking at the history of graphical data, and then building our own,
Science and Mathematics

Hardware and Fasteners — SCU2212.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: John Umphlett
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Credits: 2
How many times have you been in a situation where you have one thing in one hand and something in the other and become puzzled about how to put them together? It exists in your mind how they need to exist, however there is a pause鈥n many ways it seems at first a riddle that doesn鈥檛 really have a solution because we are brilliant and imagine that only we, ourselves, have been
Visual Arts

Historical Dress: the 1930's — DRA2287.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: CSchoonmaker@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
This class will examine the clothing and style of the 1930's. We will examine the topic in the context of Social/Political/Artistic movements and the effect and influence on Fashion and Style. Subjects we will touch on will include: the Paris couture of the era: Chanel, Vionnet, and Schiaparelli among them, American fashion designers such as Claire McCardell and Adrian, Art
Drama

Historical Dress: The Jazz Age — DRA2286.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: CSchoonmaker@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
This class will examine the clothing and style of the 1920's. We will examine the topic in the context of Social/Political/Artistic movements and the effect and influence on Fashion and Style. Subjects we will touch on will include: the Paris couture of the era: Chanel, Vionnet, and Lanvin among them, Art Deco 鈥 in decorative arts, architecture, and fashion, Surrealism, the
Drama

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Sue Rees
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Credits: 2
A brief history of animated images from the 1500s to the present day including early devices to create sequential images, through to the invention of the rotoscope,avantgarde animations, independent artists and studios. The class will be split into watching documentaries and animations along with discussions, and weekly responses. This class will be online.
Drama Visual Arts

History of Theater I — DRA2156.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Maya Cantu
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Credits: 4
This course offers an introduction to the history and development of world theater and drama. We will experience the dynamic pageant of theater history through an exploration of its conventions and aesthetics, as well as its social and cultural functions. We will study theater history from antiquity through the nineteenth century, reading representative plays ranging from Greek
Drama

Horror Fiction and Film — LIT2333.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
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Credits: 4
Pleasure is one part of the aesthetic experience of fiction; another part is terror. This course will be a survey of major works of horror fiction (whether classified as such or otherwise) from the 19th century through the present, and of some important horror films from the 20th 21st centuries. The emphasis in this class will be on techniques for creating horror in fiction,
Literature

If I Loved you Less, I Might be able to Talk about it More: Jane Austen's Heroines — LIT2510.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
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Credits: 4
In this seminar, we will train our eyes on four of Jane Austen鈥檚 novels 鈥 Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion 鈥 with an aim to discover what connects and binds Jane Austen鈥檚 heroines together, what separates these women from each other, and to explore Austen鈥檚 evolution as a writer through the evolving nature of her protagonists. We will
Literature

In the Public Realm: Chiang Mai, Thailand Art in U.S. Embassy Project (Part 2) — APA4242.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: jisherwood@bennington.edu
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
The Center for the Advancement of Public Action at 51成人猎奇 has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department's Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This course is the second half of a year-long experience that began in the spring of 2020. Students who participated in the first term are
CAPA

In the Public Realm: Chiang Mai, Thailand Art in U.S. Embassy Project (Part 3) — APA4243.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: jisherwood@bennington.edu
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
The Center for the Advancement of Public Action at 51成人猎奇 has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department's Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This course is the 2nd half of a year-long experience that began in the spring of 2020. Students who participated in the 1st and 2nd
CAPA

Influencing the New Administration — APA2320.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: David Bond
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Credits: 2
On November 3, 2020, the United States will either start a transition into the second term of Donald Trump or the first term of Joseph Biden. Either direction heralds momentous change. Transitions are moments when administrations organize and staff their priorities for the coming years. They can also be choice moments to try to influence change. For example, it is widely known
CAPA

Insider Perspectives on the Francophone World — FRE2103.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
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Credits: 4
Viewed from the outside, the French-speaking world offers enticing images of beauty, pleasure, and freedom. From the inside, however, it is a complicated, often contradictory world where implicit codes and values shape the most basic aspects of daily life. This course will give you an insider鈥檚 perspective on a cultural and communicative system whose ideas, customs, and belief
Cultural Studies and Languages