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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Introduction to problems and issues in study of popular arts in sub-Saharan Africa. Lectures, readings, and audiovisual materials focus on broad spectrum of creative forms and processes, including visual and plastic arts, literature, performed genres such as music, poetry, theater, and dance, and everyday practices such as hair weaving, housepainting, personal adornment, and joke telling. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, six hours. Introduction to history and functions of museums, tracing development to present. Collection, organization, management, and conservation of objects and legal and ethical issues surrounding these practices. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, six hours. Requisite: course 143A. Conceptual development of exhibitions and formulation of educational and other goals for specified audiences. Design considerations, media applications, and installation process. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Discussion, six hours; individual study, six hours. Requisites: courses 143A, 143B. Students pursue projects in area of museum operations, working with staff members and museum directors to produce papers on contemporary issues in museums. For example, one student might work under curator and director to examine cultural property issues as they pertain to contemporary museums, following suggested reading list. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours. Can arts save lives That is central question posed here in relation to global AIDS epidemic. Working in close connection with public health and epidemiology, exploration of arts as powerfully effective tool in AIDS prevention and treatment efforts. Review of literature of AIDS cultural analysis that emerged in late 1980s in the U.S. and application of that literature to international hot spots such as India, China, South Africa, and Brazil. Collaborative theoryin- action projects. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of dance performance in the U.S., with emphasis on genres that can be viewed in multicultural Los Angeles, from concert modern/postmodern dance, Mexican folklorico, and Japanese butoh to popular idioms and video dance. Attention to genres from Native America, Americas, Oceania, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Student projects involve creation of in-class performances. P/NP or letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Laboratory, four hours. Study of dance technique. Critical viewing, reading, and discussion of modern/ postmodern dance artists' works. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Study of dance in historical and cultural context, its function in society and its relationship to contemporary artistic expression. Focus on topics from traditional and recent research in world dance. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of aesthetic codes and theatrical choreographic approaches as they intersect with construction of gender in the U.S., with close attention to race, class, and sexuality. P/NP or letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Study of motor coordination patterns as related to expressive movement features for dance performance. Personalized attention and use of video to increase students' stylistic diversity. Development of movement efficiency for prevention of dance injuries. May be repeated twice. P/NP or letter grading.
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