| Course | HUM 196 (#24594) |
| Instructor | Winnie Wong & Kimberly Yu |
| Units | 3 |
| Time | Th 2 pm – 4:59 pm |
- Fulfills the Humanities Studio Requirement for the Certificate in Urban Humanities.
A city of great change and tiny spaces for them, Hong Kong abounds in contradictions and movement. Marked by a history of migration, refuge, exile, and capital flows, its preferred cultural forms are fleeting ones, born of dislocation and relocation. What is the relationship between an art form and the place in which it was produced? How do we communicate the particularities of a location while doing justice to the universality of an artwork’s expression? This course immerses students in the history of the arts in Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta region, and its diasporas. Students will research art in many media, from comedy to graphic design, from kung fu to video art. Collaborating with the Asian Art Museum, students will produce digital materials for public engagement. The course will culminate in an online exhibition of students’ work, an effort to “locate” and “see” Hong Kong and its arts.
See course listing on Berkeley Academic Guide here.