2015-2016 Academic Catalog

Apr 24, 2024

2015-2016 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ARTS 204 - Sacred Space

In Sacred Space, we explore a language of interdependence in the human relationship to the natural world at a time when, due to the threats of climate change, a transformation in human awareness is critically important.
Spatial archetypes express essential ways that energy lives and works in our human consciousness, in the built environment and in the natural world. The play of duality is the defining dynamic of most archetypal forms; in the class we both explore and practice it through dialogue.
While the class draws on myths, stories and other texts, images, architecture and music from diverse cultures, it also includes several contemporary texts related to the climate crisis. Our intention is to deepen our awareness of this unprecedented challenge within a larger context, and to consider how we might choose to conduct ourselves in the face of it.
The course requires several short written essays, a commitment on each student’s part to a practice of their choosing, and in-depth individual projects developed as research studies or art projects.

Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: AP

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year