HNRS-110 | Images of the "Foreign"

Full Title: Images of Empire: Representing the "Foreign"

Topic Description:

How do we (as Americans, for example), perceive and mentally construct cultures outside of our own and how much of the imagery of “the other” that we create and consume is rooted in our own values, inclinations, experiences, and desires? Learning to perceive the world as clearly as possible is one of the primary aims of a liberal arts education and is key to really understanding what goes on in the world around us. This course focuses on ways in which perceptions of foreign cultures are shaped, framed, constructed, and reflected by visual means. More specifically, we will explore how cultures around the planet are perceived and “made” through the active efforts of people foreign to the culture being viewed.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: April 2015