Young, Caroline
MTWRF 10:30 AM
Sanford Hall 313
What does art have to do with social justice?
Carl Holty, Two Women Bathing 1948 – 50, Georgia Museum of Art
Explore this topic while serving Georgia’s incarcerated community in Summer 2021!
This course explores academic access and social equity through direct engagement with Georgia state prison education curricula. As a class, we will explore these questions: How does a humanities education translate to personal freedom? How does cross community collaboration foster self and societal awareness within community members? How can writers contribute to others’ learning processes through a reflection on their own?
Specifically, students will study writing as transformative practice in incarcerated education programs and the role that democratic access to the humanities plays in self and societal awareness. Students collaborate to create open access course materials/scholarship exchange with incarcerated learning communities.
This spring course section will explore the role of and access to the arts in prison education. Writing assignments will include individual and collaborative reflections on art alongside research on topics of prison education reform tailored to each student’s intended major area of study. ALL MAJORS ARE WELCOME.
The service-learning component is a collaborative venture with Common Good Atlanta and the Georgia Museum of Art. Students will research and reflect on the museum collections and experiences shared in the museum, creating teaching packages to be delivered to Common Good prison classrooms across north Georgia. Our goal: to bring the museum experience into the incarcerated Art History classroom.
No prior experience with art or museums is necessary!
This class is open to all students who have completed one of these prerequisite courses:
ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102M or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H
For more information, please contact Caroline Young, UGA English at cyoung@uga.edu
Learn about Common Good Atlanta! Visit www.commongoodatlanta.com