CHID 250 B: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

"WRITING THE WORLD: THE DIGITAL & OTHERWISE" THIS COURSE BEGINS WITH THE PREMISE THAT THE "DIGITAL" IS SITUATED IN ONGOING SETTLER-COLONIALISM AND RACIAL CAPITALISM. THIS COURSE ASKS HOW THE "DIGITAL" SHAPES WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING ITS HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS AND IMPACTS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE. IN EXPLORING THIS QUESTION, THIS COURSE FOREGROUNDS BLACK & INDIGENOUS MODES OF WRITING THE WORLD THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIUMS. FROM LEARNING THE CRAFT OF COUNTER- MAPPING AS AN 'EARTH WRITING' PRACTICE THAT CHARTS HISTORIES AND LIBERATORY GEOGRAPHIES, TO EXPLORING THE #LANDBACK AND #BLACKLIVESMATTER DIGITAL-MATERIAL MOVEMENTS, THIS COURSE PROVIDES AN INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITALLY MEDIATED WORLD.