MACS 590

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Seminar Media Themes

Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Seminar designed to cover selected topics related to the advanced study of media and cinema.

1 to 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated, if topics vary.

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MACS 590 class schedule data for fall 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	78238	Lecture-Discussion	RK	3:30PM -6:20PM	T	336 Gregory Hall	Kuo, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Race, Movements, and Media Section Info: Transnational Politics of Race, Movements, and Media: This interdisciplinary course explores race, media, technology, and social movements from a range of critical, historical, and transnational perspectives. How are race and racialization mediated transnationally through conditions of empire and global capitalism? This seminar brings together histories and theories of racial power and violence alongside readings, case studies, and media materials from different social movements for transformation and liberation. The topics covered in this seminar include the politics of labor, settler colonialism, sanctuary, policing, militarism, and sexual and gender regulation as they connect to media, information, and technological systems. Readings may include works by Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Stuart Hall, Lisa Lowe, Mahmood Mamdani, Cedric Robinson, and Sylvia Wynter. Course meets with MDIA 590 RK (60207). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.