WRIT 015: ART HISTORY

Spring 2022 Courses

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WRIT 015 301

TR 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Kramer

Politics of Design

Fulfills the Writing Requirement

In this seminar we will investigate the power of visual images and designs that circulate around the globe. Everything from on-line and text-based typefaces and colors to symbols and information graphics are socially and culturally bound, representing different meanings to different cultures. The research extends to the power and the responsibility visual communications specialists and designers wield in creating and disseminating visual design. Guided by Ruben Pater's The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Manual for Visual Communication, the seminar will draw upon anthropology, communication science, cultural studies, design, psychology, and visual culture. We will focus on Pater?s work as a starting point for our own research and writing.

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