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March 12, 2007
Online Course in Disability and Visual Studies
The Friday Center for Continuing Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is please to announce an online course in disability and visual studies.
This course focuses on representation of disability in modern and contemporary art history and popular culture. We will investigate the consequences of visual representation on the personal and social lives of disabled people, as well as on the development of public policy. Visual materials we will study include film, commercial advertising, charity depictions, medical images, freak shows, and fine art in a variety of media. Drawing from the interdisciplinary field of disability studies, we will compare and contrast various forms of and contexts for visualizing disability in art and society.
Art 553: Visualizing Disability
Instructor: Ann Millett, PhD
millett@email.unc.edu
Art Department, UNC-Chapel Hill
Credit hours: 3
For more information and to register for the course, see Carolina Courses Online at: fridaycenter.unc.edu/
Posted by Nancy at March 12, 2007 12:02 PM