Biotechnology Through Pop Culture, Art, and Media: Futures We Imagine
BETH 747
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Description
Biotechnology Through Pop Culture, Art, and Media: Futures We Imagine is a January term course that employs experiential learning to illustrate how pop culture and art shape our values about rapidly emerging advances in technology. The course will combine four days of in-person shared experiences with follow-up remote class meetings. Students will use various media, including film, fiction, fine arts, television, gaming, and music to investigate topics including synthetic biology, human enhancement, and climate engineering. Learning experiences will include museum tours, group watches, conversations with creators and more, in addition to course readings. Assignments will consist of 1) group analysis of media to decode implicit and explicit values expressed, 2) ethical reflection on the course experiential learning program, and 3) a Creative Reframing Project. The course is scheduled to allow eligible virtual students a chance to attend an in-person course that features experiences inaccessible in a virtual setting.
Class Notes
This class is held on multiple days at varying times. Please see below for the exact schedule:
1/11 (1-7pm)
1/12 (9-4pm)
1/13 (9-3pm)
1/14 (9-1pm)
1/19 (4-5:30pm)
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
