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Mark von Schlemmer, Freelance Film Producer/Editor
We will use a variety of approaches to interrogate film and filmmaking. The question for the weekend will be: "How do films make meaning?" We’ll explore what underlying assumptions filmmakers may force on viewers and what they might be selling—from shoes and soft drinks to political philosophies. We’ll examine a feature film, a series of short films, and get some hands-on production experience at KU’s film studio in order to explore what it means to be media savvy.
Sarah Crawford-Parker, Assistant Director, Honors Program
Museums, which originated as private cabinets of curiosities, today play a central role in disseminating knowledge to the public. This course will explore the history of museums, as well as the challenges contemporary museum practitioners face in collecting and exhibiting objects. What practices govern the acquisition and display of objects? What constitutes art in the 21st century? Our discussion will unfold in KU museums, including the 20/21 Gallery of the Spencer Museum of Art, which includes works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Mimi Smith, Dale Chihuly, Roger Shimomura, and Robert Motherwell.
Ron Malcolm, Lecturer, Special Education
This course is geared towards those who may someday teach students with special learning needs. Students will focus on exceptionalities, including sensory impairments (deafness and blindness), communication disorders, gifted and talented, physical impairments, seizure disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders, autism, as well as multiple and severe disabilities. Students will be involved in simulation activities using their orientation and mobility skills to get around or eat pizza. Students will leave this course with a better grasp of the challenges faced by exceptional students.
Allan Cigler, Professor, Political Science
This class will examine how presidential election campaigns have evolved since George Washington’s election, with special attention paid to presidential contests in recent decades. We will focus on the ongoing 2008 election, comparing and contrasting it to past models. The increasing influence of the mass media, interest groups, and political consultants will be evaluated from the standpoint of how well American democracy is served by the style and substance of modern political campaigning.
Mark Nesbitt-Daly, Associate Director Curriculum, Undergraduate Research,
Alumni Development, Advising, Honors Program
Kings, queens, bishops, knights, ladies-in-waiting and serfs were just a few social ranks in the medieval world. In this course we will get beneath the surface and consider real life for people from across the social spectrum. On our quest, we will examine authentic medieval manuscripts, art and sculpture. We will also view clips from "King Arthur," "Tristan and Isolde" and "Beowulf" to see how Hollywood colors our perceptions of medieval life.
Bartholomew Dean, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Anthropology helps us to enlarge the currently held and always too constricting view of humanity. By assessing the tremendous diversity of cultural experience, this course demonstrates the role an anthropological sensibility plays in promoting tolerance and human well-being. The class is designed to provoke critical thinking about the nature and consequences of cultural difference—often glossed over as gender, class and ethnicity. The course provides a global perspective on the variety of ways in which people organize their lives and conceptualize their worlds. It familiarizes students with anthropological assumptions, pertinent techniques, and consequential ideas about the nature of human inequality, happiness, and justice.
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