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INSTRUCTOR: Niurca Marquez
SECTION: UHC
SCHEDULE: Wednesday, 3:30PM-4:45PM (Hybrid)
Course Description
This course analyzes the root and development of three of the most common terms used to describe cultural and/or racial mixing or blending and utilizes them as a starting point to examine the performance and literature about the experience of the “third” space. You will learn about these three distinct terms for mixed cultural expressions and what they mean in a series of fields like sociology, religion, ethnography, performance and the arts, to name a few. We will critically examine both theoretical and first-hand accounts of this cultural experience, as well as, live and mediated performances centered on these themes. This course is not just theory. Instead, it is a deep dive into understanding how terminology develops and evolves and how it influences us on a personal and public level. You will have opportunities to share your own findings on this topic, as well as case studies that are of interest to you.