Fall 2019  |  ITAL 1911 Section 001: Community/Media/Activism: Building Resilience Through Cinema (33235)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Science Teaching Student Svcs 119
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Thu 11:15AM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Science Teaching Student Svcs 119
Enrollment Status:
Open (12 of 20 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
"Community/Media/Activism: Building Resilience through Cinema" challenges first-year students to think beyond the borders of a field, an area of study, and the classroom space by engaging with local communities and learn through service. After learning about the importance of media for social justice and acquiring elements of media literacy, students will collaborate with a community partner on a film project advocating its mission. During the first 10 weeks of instruction, "Community/Media/Activism" will explore - through screenings, filmmakers' masterclasses, invited community speakers, experiential assignments - how, in Italy, film and media have been deployed to favor political change, inclusivity, and diversity; to fight for social and ecological justice; to expose unseen and unheard stories; to question prejudices that have to do with race, gender, class, body shape, and cognitive abilities. The last five weeks of class will run as a media lab where students under the mentorship of a local media-activist will work on a short film that relies on the strategies and practices unpacked during the course.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lfabbri+ITAL1911+Fall2019
Class Description:
"Community/Media/Activism: Building Resilience through Cinema"
challenges first-year students to think beyond the borders of a field, an area of study, and the classroom space by engaging with local communities and learn through service. After learning about the importance of media for social justice and acquiring elements of media literacy, students will collaborate with a community partner on a film project advocating its mission. During the first 10 weeks of instruction, "Community/Media/Activism"
will explore?through screenings, filmmakers? masterclasses, invited community speakers, experiential assignments?how, in Italy, film and media have been deployed to favor political change, inclusivity, and diversity; to fight for social and ecological justice; to expose unseen and unheard stories; to question prejudices that have to do with race, gender, class, body shape, and cognitive abilities. The last five weeks of class will run as a media lab where students under the mentorship of a local media-activist will work on a short film that relies on the strategies and practices unpacked during the course.
Workload:
Due to film viewings and field trips, additional time has been added to the standard meeting times for this course. Not all weeks will include the full listed instructional time. Details will be provided by instructor on the first day of class
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33235/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 July 2019

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