AMST 205
Fall 2009
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01
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| Course Cluster: Service-Learning |
In this course we will study how artifacts can mark the history of space and place within the urban environment of Middletown. Students will gain a working knowledge of the theoretical approaches that have been applied to material culture studies, as well as practical experience in the physical and contextual analysis of artifacts and cultural landscapes. Throughout the semester students will test various methods of analysis presented in assigned readings while conducting a survey of gravemarkers in the Washington Street burying ground. During the second half of the semester, students also will apply what they have learned in an individual research project. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation
Interpretation -- Field work plus course discussions, readings and assignments aim to develop the ability to analyze designed objects and exhibition spaces within a range of interpretive perspectives.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AMST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Aries, Western Attitudes toward Death; Deetz, In Small Things Forgotten; George Kubler, The Shape of Time; Ludwig, Graven Images
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short field reports; research paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course will involve extensive field work in the local cemetery. There also will be a mandatory field trip to Deerfield Village. |
| Instructor(s): Milroy,Elizabeth Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: CAMS 3; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 8 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: X |
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