CHID 496 A: Focus Groups

Autumn 2022
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Meeting:
F 12:30pm - 2:20pm
SLN:
12768
Section Type:
Seminar
THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ART, CULT AND NATION THIS FOCUS GROUP LOOKS INTO THE STU OF ARTS, PHILOSOPHY AND AESTHETICS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PERSIAN ART, HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE, AND INTERRELATIONS.
Catalog Description:
Credit/no-credit only.
Credits:
2.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
October 19, 2025 - 11:04 am

Focus Group Description

Class Title: The Interconnectedness of Art, Culture and Nation
Student Facilitator: Mohammad Daragheh
Email: moham93@uw.edu
Supervised by: Phillip Thurtle

This focus group looks into the study of arts, philosophy and aesthetics with an emphasis on Persian art, history, heritage and culture, and its interrelations. The following questions will be an array of prompts we will address and discuss during our focus group.

- Is art a representation of culture, and how does it shape who we are?

- Considering that the gap between art and culture can be filled with archeology, who owns archeological artifacts?

- The perplexity of multicultural identity of a region; different ethnicities, races, languages, religions, and political views

- Can we refer to art works produced in the area of what is today called Iran or the neighboring regions by terms such as Persian, Islamic and Iranian interchangeably?