{"id":47013,"date":"2023-12-19T15:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=47013"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:40:56","slug":"race-and-representation-in-the-arts-course-covers-new-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2023\/race-and-representation-in-the-arts-course-covers-new-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Race and Representation in the Arts Course Covers New Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Race and Representation in the Arts Course Covers New Ground\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>As the room began to fill up before her lecture, film studies professor Malini Guha wanted to test the AV for the film she\u2019d be screening \u2013 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iYe_nj7xfQM?si=eUjluYP9BOfYlX7Z\">The Last Angel of History<\/a><\/em> directed by John Akomfrah and produced by the Black Audio Film Collective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE LAST ANGEL OF HISTORY Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYe_nj7xfQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The film flashed across the screen, and for a moment, there was a familiar voice singing the blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAre we watching a documentary about Robert Johnson?\u201d music student Mubarak Farah enthusiastically called out from the back of the classroom. \u201cHe\u2019s the best singer of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSort of!\u201d replied Guha. \u201cThe music students in the room will like this one. It\u2019s a film about music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course, titled <em>Race and Representation in the Arts<\/em>, took place in the fall of 2023 and was co-taught by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School for Studies in Art and Culture<\/a> Professors Malini Guha (Film Studies), G\u00fcl Kale (Art and Architectural History), and Kathy Armstrong (Music).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gul-Malini-Kathy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Professors <em>G<em>\u00fc<\/em><\/em>l Kale, Malini Guha and Kathy Armstrong photographed at Carleton University in the Tory Building in front of a mosaic mural by Gerald Trottier. Photo by Ainslie Coghill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It used an interdisciplinary approach to equip students in and outside arts programs with skills to examine representation in the arts and influence positive change in their future career endeavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guha, sharing her vision for the course, expresses, &#8220;By resisting the traditional boundaries of \u2018discipline\u2019, our course opens up space for students and instructors alike to share their existing knowledge on these topics as represented across music, architectural history, and film while also learning from each other.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_4186-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>For her first lecture, Film Studies Professor Malini Guha introduced the students to Afrofuturism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The lectures were split into three-week segments taught by Armstrong, Kale, then Guha. Students engaged in cross-disciplinary and collaborative work along the way, building a portfolio of their work together in small groups, and exploring everything from city soundscapes, to race in modern architectural discourse, to Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurism. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;It is our hope that what students learn through these experiential activities is the ability to translate class concepts into material practices, a skill that they can carry with them long after the class has ended,&#8221; says Guha.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Professors <em>G<em>\u00fc<\/em><\/em>l Kale, Malini Guha and Kathy Armstrong. Photo by Ainslie Coghill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Armstrong, a percussionist who studies Ghanaian music and participatory music-making, underscores the course&#8217;s impact by pointing out how students, right from the first class, spoke to one another about personal experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Many of the students have remarked that they now see Ottawa with new eyes, having explored themes relating to race and representation through the lens of their own city,&#8221; says Armstrong. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We wanted the course to engage with lived experiences rather than being merely theoretical reflections,&#8221; says Kale, a trained architect and architectural historian, who hopes the course empowers students to implement positive changes in their interactions with the world and diverse communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mubarak Farah, a music student and professional pianist, says he loved the long discussions that took place with his peers and instructors throughout the course, and &#8220;appreciate[d] that every voice was heard.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_0188-1024x1536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_0188-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_0188-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_0188-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_0188-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/AEC_0188-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Mubarak Farah, a music student and professional pianist, plays piano alongside other Music students.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think the value that can be gained here is people from each of these disciplines can take what they&#8217;ve learned from the course and use it to make their respective industries much more fair and inclusive,&#8221; says Farah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Race and Representation in the Arts course covers new ground by using an interdisciplinary approach to equip students in and outside arts programs with skills to influence positive change in their future career endeavors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51,44,1,97],"tags":[181,95,138,139,356,255],"class_list":["post-47013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-news","category-for-students","category-general","category-music","tag-architecture","tag-film","tag-history","tag-history-and-theory-of-architecture","tag-music","tag-ssac"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47013"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47295,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47013\/revisions\/47295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}