THR 325 - Memory Matters

1 course unit

This course will consider multiple ways in which visual and performance art, photography and literature, as well as different sites of memory throughout the Americas, have transformed aesthetics as a form of critical engagement, offering reflections about the politics of memory. Our course will be guided by the following questions: What can a body do to affect other bodies’ understanding of their past, present, and future contexts, and how does this relationship question notions of spectatorship and perception in aesthetic critique? How do the design, distribution, and location of memory sites, art installations, and conceptual art projects follow or counteract political interests?