WEEK 3

INSTRUCTORS: Michael Chaney and Mary Coffey

 

WEEKLY LEARNING GOALS

1. To develop an ability to read and interpret visual culture
2. To develop critical understanding of the “visual field as a racial formation”
3. To develop a set of critical tools for analyzing and intervening in the visual field

READINGS

• John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, March: Book One. Top Shelf Productions, 2013 (read the entire book)
• W. J. T. Mitchell, “The Violence of Public Art: ‘Do the Right Thing,’” Critical Inquiry, Vol. 16, No. 4. (Summer, 1990), pp. 880-899
• Optional, but Strongly Recommended: Watch Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing