CORE 002 SC - Scaped Subjects: Portraying the Self in the Anthropocene

This course will explore the relationship between subjecthood and environment in the wake of planetary transformation. Investigating nonfiction texts as well as archival materials—including photography, memoir, travel writing, environmental surveys, and landscape architecture—we aim to trouble the distinction between portraiture and landscape. What self-representations are afforded in the Anthropocene? How does the self-understand itself through environments it has altered or in critique of infrastructures of representation? As part of the course activities, students will curate an upcoming exhibition at the Clark Humanities Museum (March 2024), using campus collections and archives.

Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.