Fine Arts (FAVA) - Art in Canada

FAVA 2287  Art in Canada

Prerequisites:

Any 15 credits completed.

Antirequisites:

FAVA 2276, FAVA 2277

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine art and cultural production produced within the cultural, social, political and/or geographic boundaries of the colonial construct of “Canada.” Students use art and cultural objects to question the idea of “Canada” in relation to topics under discussion, which may include ongoing settler colonial expansion, histories of Indigenous representation and self- representation, First Nations art and cultural production, immigration, multiculturalism, regionalism, international relations, and the politics of identity.