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IDPT 29901 - Museums and Political Conflict

Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MUSEUMS AND POLITICAL CONFLICT This course looks at the history of the display of visual and material culture in museums, beginning with world’s fairs and the development of the modern public art museum. Using case studies of controversial artworks and exhibitions, the course will cover museums and art exhibitions as sites for protests and popular debate. Drawing from scholarship in critical museum studies and anthropology, we will also study efforts to make museum display more equitable. The goal of the course is to build a historically grounded understanding of the politics of representation in museums and other similar avenues of display.