AAS 590

Spring 2020 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6

Asian Am Studies Seminar

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Credit: 2 TO 4 hours.

Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

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AAS 590 class schedule data for spring 2020
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	46471	Lecture-Discussion	AB	1:00PM -3:50PM	T	102 1205 W Nevada	Beauchamp, T Paik, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Abolition Section Info: Focused on the theories and practices of abolition, this interdisciplinary graduate seminar examines the radical, yet realizable, possibilities of abolition in its many forms. We will consider the dense web of relationships that extend far beyond the prison as a material structure, tracing the many different sites and effects of the prison industrial complex as well as the multiple efforts to dismantle it. At the same time, we will follow what W.E.B. Dubois and Angela Davis call "abolition democracy," which positions abolition as a process of creation rather than simply of dismantlement. Accordingly, the course looks closely at practices that redirect resources away from systems of oppression and toward imagining and building new conditions where all can survive and thrive. Will be taught in the GWS House, 1205 W. Nevada. Room 102. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	65842	Lecture-Discussion	SR	3:30PM -5:50PM	T	133 1207 W Oregon	Ruiz, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Minoritarian Aesthetics Section Info: Topic: Writing: Minoritarian Aesthetics For bell hooks, "aesthetics is more than a philosophy or theory of art and beauty; it is a way of inhabiting space, a particular location, a way of looking and becoming," or too, a pathway into the complicated social life of minoritarian subjects. In assessing such complexity, this course will go beyond the aesthetic as merely a visual and aural practice and include the particularities of touch, taste, smell, and the full sensorial effects of the body. To land in the realm of the senses, we will work with, but mostly depart from traditional constructions of aesthetic theory by turning to performance studies, literary theory, visual culture, cultural studies, and ethnic and area studies. By addressing how the aesthetic informs our understanding of difference, politics, resistance, and the cultural spaces of the communal, we will also attend to how scholars write the aesthetic into existence, and in consequence embark upon new ways of writing with aesthetic forms.