Autumn 2023
Meeting:
F 2:30pm - 4:20pm / THO 331
SLN:
12756
Section Type:
Seminar
Instructor:
CANCEL CULTURE AND CONSPIRACY
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THIS CLASS IS A LOW-STAKES
DISCUSSION GROUP CLASS WHERE WE WIL
BE INVESTIGATING THE CURIOUS
PHENOMENON THAT IS CANCEL CULTURE,
HOW IT EVOLVED, AND WHAT WE CAN
LEARN FROM IT. IN THIS CLASS, WE AR
GOING TO EXAMINE CONTROVERSIAL
STATEMENTS MADE BY CONTEMPORARY
PUBLIC FIGURES SUCH AS KANYE WEST
AND AZALIA BANKES. WE ALSO WILL TAK
A LOOK AT THE CANCELATION OF
HISTORICAL FIGURES LIKE CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS, MOTHER TERESA, DR. SUSE,
AND MORE. IN TRUE CHID NATURE, I
WILL CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO THINK
BEYOND THE BINARIES OF GOOD AND BAD
TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
COMPLICATED WEBS OF CANCEL CULTURE.
WE WILL ALSO TAKE A BROADER STUDY O
CELEBRITY CULTURE AND DISCUSS
CONSPIRACIES SUCH AS THE ILLUMINATE
LIZARD PEOPLE, AND MORE.
Catalog Description:
Credit/no-credit only.
Credits:
2.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
January 23, 2025 - 3:45 am