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

MATERIALITY OF CARE IN JOURNEY MAKING (SSC) ___ MATERIALITY OF CARE REFERS TO HOW CARE PRACTICES ARE SHAPED BY AND EMBEDDED IN MATERIAL OBJECTS. CARE IS NOT SOLELY AN EMOTIONAL OR INTERPERSONAL ACT BUT IS ALSO MEDIATED THROUGH TANGIBLE ELEMENTS SUCH AS TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES, SPACES AND BODIES. THROUGH A CARE-BASED RESEARCH DESIGN AND CREATIVE PRACTICES, STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE WILL EXAMINE CARE PRACTICES IN RELATION TO RESEARCH DESIGN; MIGRATION; OBJECTS AND TOOLS, INFRASTRUCTURES AND SPACES, AS WELL AS EMBODIED AND RELATIONAL MATERIALITY. THE EMPHASIS OF THE COURSE WILL BE ON MATERIALITY OF CARE THROUGH A CARE-BASED RESEARCH DESIGN AND CREATIVE PRACTICES FOR GENERAL PUBLIC GOOD.