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

"EMBODIED MODES OF RESEARCH: FROM CITYSCAPE TO CITYSCAPING" CO-TAUGHT BY: ELLEN CHANG & CARLOS SALAZAR THIS SEMINAR UNDERSTANDS CITY AS A LIVING ENTITY WITH THE CITYSCAPE AS EMBODIED MODES OF HABITATION AND ENCOUNTER IN WHICH ONGOING PROCESSES OF ACTING IN AND WITH THE CITY TAKE PLACE AND THROUGH WHICH FEELINGS AND DESIRES EMERGE. BY FOCUSING ON PROCESSES OF ENCOUNTER AND MEDIATION, WE ALSO SEEK TO REDEFINE CITY WITH A SPECIFIC APPROACH EMPHASIZING HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH NATURAL, SOCIAL, AND IMAGINED WORLDS THROUGH A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF TWO MAIN SPECTRUMS OF EVENTS IN SEATTLE-INDOOR EVENTS INCLUDING FILM FESTIVALS, ART EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCE, CONFERENCES, AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND OUTDOOR EVENTS SUCH AS PARADES, CARNIVALS, AND RELIGIOUS RE- ENACTMENTS.