CULTR ST 718 / Power, Knowledge, Critique, Resistance

6 unit(s)

This course aims to provide students with a strong background in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, and the means to employ insights from these fields to understand and to intervene in contemporary problems. Through the study of foundational and contemporary texts, students will gain an understanding of the conditions of Cultural Studies and Critical Theory’s historical emergence as modes of critical engagement, while testing the viability of different approaches within these fields to address contemporary constellations of domination, hegemony, and resistance. In addition to becoming familiar with the content and context of CSCT, students will also study and deploy a range of methodologies, which may include close reading, discourse analysis, genealogical critique and archival research. Readings and assignments will also encourage students to analyze and develop connections between theory and politics in the form of art, activism, education and social policy.