CHID 211 A: Apocalypse and Popular Culture

APOCALYPSE POP CULTURE ___ ACROSS POPULAR CULTURE, THERE IS AN ONGOING FASCINATION WITH POST APOCALYPTIC IMAGININGS. THIS COURSE ENGAGES CRITICAL MATERIAL INQUIRY AND SPECULATION TO EXAMINE FILM, GRAPHIC AND YA NOVELS, SONGS, ARTWORK, AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. EMPHASIZING ISSUES OF INTERSECTIONA JUSTICE, STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY CRITIQUES OF EXISTING SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, RECOGNIZING HOW THESE MESSAGES PROVOKE ANXIETY, APATHY, AND EGOCENTRISM. THEY WILL ALSO STUDY TEXTS THAT DEMONSTRATE CREATIVE RESISTANCE, SELF DETERMINATION, AND WORLD BUILDING. ULTIMATELY, STUDENT WILL HARNESS THIS CRITICAL THINKING TO EFFECTIVELY READ POPULAR CULTURE AND ARTICULATE THEIR VISIONS FOR TH FUTURE IN WAYS THAT TRANSCEND POST APOCALYPTIC DESPAIR CONTRIBUTING TO MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE WORL BUILDING.