2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Special Lecture:Art and Society
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Asa Ito
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.H219
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course gives an overview of various kinds of artworks that deal with social issues such as gender and poverty. In the 2nd through 5th classes, each class will focus on one theme and related works. In the 6th class, students will visit an exhibition on their own in advance and discuss it in class. In the final session, each student will present the plan of an art project dealing with any social issue.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Know the brief history of socially engaged art.
2) Understand how to approach social issues through art.
3) Learn to put aesthetic impressions into words.
Keywords
Art, Social Issue, Gender, Immigrant, Poverty, War
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Mixture of lecture, group work and presentation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | Explain the goal of this course. |
| Class 2 | Theme 1: Gender | Enjoy the artistic way to deal with the problem of gender. |
| Class 3 | Theme 2: Immigration | Enjoy the artistic way to deal with the problem of immigration. |
| Class 4 | Theme 3: Poverty | Enjoy the artistic way to deal with the problem of poverty. |
| Class 5 | Theme 4: War | Enjoy the artistic way to deal with the problem of war. |
| Class 6 | Discussion | Visit 8th Yokohama Triennale and exchange your findings with classmates. |
| Class 7 | Presentation | Present your own plan for artistic project on any social issue. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
No textbook is set. You can find leaning materials on T2SHCOLA.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
You can find leaning materials on the class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Group work:40% Final presentation and report: 60%
Related courses
- LAH.H102 ： Art A
- LAH.H302 ： Arts C, Esthetics C
Prerequisites
None required.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
ito.a.ah[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Please consult in advance.