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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Intentional Public Disruptions: Art, Responsibility, and Pedagogy, Fall 2017

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Overview

This course explores issues of access, privilege, and the global water crisis through seminars, performances, and workshops. The learning outcomes include gaining new perspectives on social responsibility, engaging in socially disruptive art practices, and reflecting on the intersection of art and education. The course teaches skills such as using appropriate technology for social impact, enabling difficult conversations through art, and exploring unconventional art practices. The teaching method involves seminars, performances, and workshops. The intended audience includes individuals interested in art, social responsibility, and the intersection of education and art practice.

Syllabus

Making Something from Nothing: Appropriate Technology as Intentionally Disruptive Responsibility.
Making Something From Nothing: Intentional Public Disruptions, Art, and Social Responsibility.
Making Something from Nothing: Community, Water, Pedagogy, and Learning.
Double Taking and Troublemaking: Socially Engaged Practice Enabling Difficult Conversations I.
Double Taking and Troublemaking: Socially Engaged Practice Enabling Difficult Conversations II.
Double Taking and Troublemaking: Reflecting and Disrupting.
When Curriculum Becomes Art Practice: Educational Experience as Intentionally Disruptive Pedagogy.
When Curriculum Becomes Art Practice: Art Education as Engagement with the World.
When Curriculum Becomes Art Practice: Conventional Practice and Conceptual Explorations.
When Curriculum Becomes Art Practice: Performing Explorations of Context and Meaning Making.

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