CORE 452 - Acollecting Ourselves: Why We Build, Preserve and Display Collections

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

CORE CURRICULUM

Description:

Prerequisite: Core seminar, required for graduationCore 101 through 105 and at least sixth semester standingThrough readings, discussion, presentation, field trips and a researchpaper, this seminar will explore who we are and what we valuethrough the collections we build. Gathering, preserving and displayingwill be explored through psychological, social, scientific, historical,economic, aesthetic and political lenses. Students will read significanttexts from a wide variety of disciplines addressing the particularproblems of collecting in diverse fields of inquiry. Using the theories,ideas, and approaches gleaned from various disciplinary sources,students will understand how their own field of study is effectedby the moral, esthetic, and social issues of collecting, saving, anddisplaying culturally or personally significant objects. This history ofcollecting, its personal and political motivations, as well as the ethicaland scientific questions raised by collecting everything from paintingsto biological specimens to postage stamps will be studied.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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