ARS 190 Image and Vessel
This course will make experiential learning its centerpiece through authentic engagement with the local community. Students will participate in the act of making alongside Malaysian artisans in Kuala Lumpur and will consider how to make photographs as a member of a growing cross-cultural community, rather than slipping into the touristic habit of exotification. Malaysia fosters experiential and interdisciplinary learning in a wide variety of locations ripe for the study of photography and ceramics. Students will engage with landscape, culture, colonial influence, and community through activities in the bustling urban metropolis of Kuala Lumpur; the historic port cities of Melaka and Penang; and the lush biodiversity of both the mountainous rainforests of Cameron Highlands and the resort islands of Langkawi.