Friendship and Collaboration: In Theory, In Practice
THEA 364
Spring 2020
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 362, AFAM 364 |
| Course Cluster: Queer Studies |
How do we conceive of friendship, collaboration, love, and collectivity? In an interview, Michel Foucault stated that the relational task of the homosexual was to "invent, from A to Z, a relationship that is still formless, which is friendship: that is to say, the sum of everything through which they can give each other pleasure." This course considers theories and performances of relationality, queer belonging, and friendship with an emphasis on forms of belonging and recognition that exceed normative protocols. We will ask how queer practices, black thought, and indigenous epistemologies inform our own imaginings of collaborative projects. Beginning with philosophical determinations of friendship, we will branch out to imagine ways in which artists, lovers, friends, and/or co-habitators enact togetherness. This class will focus on theoretical readings and creative exercises and will culminate in a collaborative project.
This counts as an Expanded Field of Theater course for the Theater Major. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Michel Foucault, FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE
Giorgio Agamben, FRIENDSHIP
Jacques Derrida, POLITICS OF FRIENDSHIP
Elizabeth Povinelli, EMPIRE OF LOVE
Samuel Delany, TIMES SQUARE RED, TIMES SQUARE BLUE
Donna Haraway, STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE,
GLQ Special Issue, QUEER INHUMANISMS
Social Text Special Issue, BEING WITH
Combahee River Collective, COLLECTIVE STATEMENT
Fred Moten, BLACK AND BLUR
Adrienne Maree Brown, EMERGENT STRATEGY
Octavia Butler, PARABLE OF THE SOWER
Robin Diangelo, WHITE FRAGILITY
Kadji Amin, DISTRUBING ATTACHMENTS
Ambuer Musser, SENSUAL EXCESS
Tiffany Lethabo King, THE BLACK SHOALS
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, DECOLONIZING METHODOLOGIES
Qwo-Li Driskill, Chris Finley, Brian Joseph Gilley, and Scott Lauria Morgenson, QUEER INDIGENOUS STUDIES
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| Instructor(s): Brewer Ball,Katherine Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: TST114; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
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