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Hospitable Worlds: Migration and Settlement on Earth and in Space

Offered: Fall 2024
Number: 76340
Instructors: Kathy Newman and James Wynn (English)

Are you an artist, writer, designer, science major or film major who has ever thought about living on Mars? Do you watch sci-fi movies and think, "whoa, that looks cool," or "no way, that's not how it would work!" Do you worry about climate change on planet Earth, and think about how to use your creativity to imagine a better future? This class invites students in the visual/literary arts and the sciences to explore planetary hospitality. With each passing year, climate change makes our planet less hospitable for human life. As concerns about Earth's climate grow and the costs of space travel shrink, there has been renewed interest in establishing settlements in outer space. The goal of this class is to explore both the diminishing hospitability of our planet and the prospects of hospitality on others. We will investigate these themes through a variety of media (written, visual, auditory, etc.) and use the questions/themes of the course as inspiration for creating collaborative artistic productions incorporating art and media of all kinds (sketches, poems, paintings, videos, music, etc.).

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