ART 208

Summer 2019 Part of Term S2

Part of Term S2
(8 week) Jun 10-Aug 1

Digital Art and Sustainability

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Credit: 3 hours.

The course will explore the social and environmental impacts of art-making practices that rely heavily on computer and Internet technologies. We will examine the wide range of artistic practices that employ computer and internet technologies and will introduce students to artists and artistic practices that criticize computer and Internet technologies and their impacts. Students will research the source of materials and labor used to manufacture computer and Internet related technologies, the facilities that support the infrastructure of the Internet and the social, political and economic systems that impact end of life management of electronic waste. From this base of research, students will employ digital or Internet technologies to produce a final project that explores how they understand the impact of their use of these technologies in scholarly pursuits including research, writing and making art.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ART 208 class schedule data for summer 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39219	Online	KHJ	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Avery, M Hodgin Jones, K	Part of Term: S2 Date Range: 06/10/19-08/01/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: The course will explore the social and environmental impacts of art making practices that rely heavily on computer and Internet technologies. The course will examine the wide range of artistic practices that employ computer and internet technologies and will introduce students to artists and artistic practices that criticize computer and Internet technologies and their impacts. Students will research the source of materials and labor used to manufacture computer and internet related technologies, the facilities that support the infrastructure of the Internet and the social, political and economic systems that impact end of life management of electronic waste. From this base of research, students will employ digital or Internet technologies to produce a final project that explores how they understand the impact of their use of these technologies in scholarly pursuits including research, writing and making art.