CHID 496 B: Focus Groups

WHOSE TIME COUNTS? RETHINKING TEMPORALITIES FOR ALTERNATIVE WAYS BEING THIS COURSE INVITES STUDENTS TO PROBE THEIR DISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS FOR CONCEPTS OF TIME THAT CAN RECOGNIZE LIVED EXPERIENCES, CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES AND REFUSE TELEOLOGICAL ACADEMIC TRADITIONS THE POLITICS OF TIME IS A NECESSARILY INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERSATION,SPANNING FROM PHYSICS TO MIGRATION STUDIES AND BEYOND. THIS COURSE HOPES TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR NEW PERCEPTIONS OF TIME FOR IMAGINING REVOLUTIONARY FUTURES