4 courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for 2020–21 (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021), from UW Open Data. ucalendar asks programs not to read that year’s calendar, so this stands in for it. Original: ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/2021/COURSE/course-CI.html
This course examines the influence of cultural background and affiliations on personal identity. Students gain fundamental skills in understanding, analyzing, and interpreting the role that culture plays in the world today, with special attention paid to the Canadian context.
Antireq: ARTS 190 (LEC 001) taken fall 2017
LEC · Course ID 015676On ucalendarCI 100 today
This course provides an introduction to transcultural views of literature, film, language, and literature and media culture (e.g., fairy tales and their adaptation in other cultures, authors who work in multiple languages, transcultural comics, multilingual and transcultural films, local cultures' interaction with global arts and media scenes, etc.). [Note: Lectures and readings in English. No knowledge of German required.]
LEC · Course ID 015149On ucalendarCI 200 today
Modern societies have had to confront terrible histories of human rights abuses, where one group has sought to oppress and/or eliminate another because of ethnic, religious, or political differences. Truth and reconciliation commissions, or similar mechanisms, have shown the power stories have to honour people's experiences and integrate them into dominant narratives of identity. This course will examine how cultural production (film, literature, and the arts) helps to make sense of these violent histories and the cultural values and practices that allowed them to happen.
LEC · Course ID 015678On ucalendarCI 250 today
Students examine the work of various theorists, both historical and modern, who have contributed to the intellectual framework within which culture and cultural expression can be studied in order to deepen their ability to conduct critical inquiry into the formation of cultural identity.
LEC · Course ID 015677On ucalendarCI 300 today