CONN 150 | The Arts of Resistance

This course explores how art can begin and is used by social movements and everyday forms of resistance. From movies to fashion, dance to street theater, art can transform how we understand systems of power and ourselves. Such transformations in identity and worldviews can seed protest. Art can be used not just to mobilize people but also as a form of enacting opposition. From dancing in the streets of Iran to punk feminism in Russia to DIY fashion in the United states, we will look across space and time to understand how art, it's many forms, is essential to imagining and enacting change in the world.