PLDS
4040
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Fall 2011
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Faculty:
Emily Miller
This seminar explores the shifting meanings of design against the cultural-historical and theoretical backdrop of collective memory studies. We will examine the intersection of collective memory, material and visual culture through a wide range of topics including the numerous arenas for the display of objects, consumption, preservation and commemoration, "invented traditions" and national identity. In addition, the early uses of photography will be considered in order to better understand how the very depiction and/or imaging of things, or the very spectacle of seeing things, also converged with the project of making things. One objective of this seminar is to underscore the various prisms through which the study of design may be investigated. Students will be encouraged to think creatively and critically about both objects and ideas. Pathway: Design Studies
