Constellations: HAA 2401 Special Topics Contemporary - Cultural Formation Now: Contemporaneity, Connectivity, Planetarity
This course will explore key conceptualizations of worlds, place and connection in modern and contemporary philosophy, critical theory, cultural studies, history, information theory, art, literature, film, mass media and social media with a view to assessing their contribution to a sharper definition of contemporaneity and a deeper imagining of planetarity. It will benefit from the seminars, workshops, exhibitions and conferences being organized by the “Defining Contemporaneity, Imagining Planetarity” project, being undertaken 2011-14 by scholars from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
