Transformative Storytelling: Crafting St
Transformative Storytelling is a blend of theory and practice, emphasizing the transformative power of storytelling in the way that stories are designed and shared. Throughout the course, we will explore how narrative medicine intersects with emerging technology and new modes of communication to create impactful digital experiences focused on health, care, and well-being.
Students will work in pairs to design and prototype a transformative storytelling experience that not only engages the audience but also transforms their understanding. This course integrates paired project work, mentorship, and cutting-edge technologies, fostering a dynamic, hands-on environment where story and code converge.
Over the semester, pairs of students will collaborate to design transformative storytelling experiences that combine storytelling, play, and emerging technology. The project will culminate in a presentation to a panel of subject matter experts during our final class, providing an opportunity to showcase their work and receive professional feedback. The course is modeled after similar labs that the Columbia University School of the Arts’ Digital Storytelling Lab has helped develop or mentor for organizations such as Sundance, Tribeca, and PBS, where storytelling becomes a transformative force through the innovative use of technology.
Note: This course is open to all students, and no previous coding experience is required.
- M 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
- 3 points
Art and Artists in Society: The Subversi
The Subversive Imaginatio
This interdisciplinary graduate seminar is designed to bring together students from multiple disciplines within the School of the Arts working in different forms as well as students from other graduate programs in the university who are interested in examining the subversive nature of art and artists in society.
Readings and visual material will cover diverse ways of thinking about how art and artists are catalysts for social change from the point of view of artists and their audiences. How do artists cultivate their imaginations? How do these imaginings disrupt society? Readings will be taken from texts such as: C.J. Jung
Active Imagination,
Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi
Flow
, Mircea Eliade,
Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism
, Jack Halberstam
Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire,
William Blake
The Book of Urizen
, James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time,
Guy Debord The
Society of the Spectacle
, Johan Huizinga
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture
, Jacques Rancière
The Emancipated Spectator
, Augusto Boal
Theatre of the Oppressed
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These readings will help establish a common discourse with which to discuss how art and artists subvert society and also allow us to reflect on how artists prepare and sustain themselves to actualize the messages they seek to convey.
- R 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carol Becker
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
RESEARCH ARTS FILM
After completion of the required 60 credits during the first two years in the program, MFA Film students must register for Research Arts to maintain the required continuous full-time enrollment while working on their thesis. Students will be added to a waitlist, to be approved for registration by the program and Student Affairs.
- 0.4 points
RESEARCH ARTS THEATRE
After completion of the required 60 credits during the first two years in the program, MFA Theatre students must register for Research Arts to maintain the required continuous full-time enrollment while working on their thesis. Students will be added to a waitlist, to be approved for registration by the program and Student Affairs.
RESEARCH ARTS WRITING
After completion of the required 60 credits during the first two years in the program, MFA Film students must register for Research Arts to maintain the required continuous full-time enrollment while working on their thesis. Students will be added to a waitlist, to be approved for registration by the program and Student Affairs.
- 0.4 points
WRIT RESEARCH ARTS INTERNSHIP
Interenship for MFA Writing Research Arts Students
- 1-6 points