Academic Calendar - 2025

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Museum and Curatorial Studies 3610F/G

CONTROVERSIES AND CONTESTATIONS: MUSEUMS


What challenges do museums face in researching and displaying “difficult” material such as artefacts related to histories of violence, social and economic disparity, colonization, or environmental degradation? Students will learn how museums have both benefitted from and responded to historical and ongoing exploitation and inequality.

Prerequisite(s): 1.0 from Art History 1640 or two of Art History 1641A/B, Art History 1642A/B, Art History 1644A/B, Art History 1646A/B, Art History 1648A/B, Art History 1649A/B or 1.0 essay course from Arts and Humanities, FIMS, or Social Science, or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 3 hours: lecture, blended, or online format.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY B i  
Subject Code: MCS

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