Academic Catalog

Producing Culture: Arts and Audience (C061)

Concentration Coordinator: Trian Nguyen

Composers, choreographers, directors, curators, and producers often interact with performing artists, studio artists, and writers in order to engage audiences. What is produced, for whom, and in support of which values? Work in this concentration considers the interrelationship between cultural producers and cultural consumers.

Concentration Requirements

Complete four credits designated with the (C061) concentration attribute from at least two departments/programs. 

Active course offerings include:

AFR 119Cultural Politics
AFR 162White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History
AFR 249African American Popular Music
AFR 252Contemporary Issues in Dance
AMST 119Cultural Politics
ASIA 229Film: Vietnam War Seen from Both Sides
ASIA 246Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art
ASIA 247The Zen Art
ASIA 287Chinese Drama and Storytelling
AVC 209Introduction to Video Production
AVC 229Film: Vietnam War Seen from Both Sides
AVC 246Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art
AVC 247The Zen Art
AVC 361Museum Internship
CHI 287Chinese Drama and Storytelling
CMS 233Movie Theaters of War
DANC 250Dance Histories of the United States
DANC 252Contemporary Issues in Dance
DANC 300Bates Dance Festival
HIST 253Dance Histories of the United States
MUS 103Music in World Cultures
MUS 247History of Jazz
MUS 249African American Popular Music
RFSS 162White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History
RFSS 233Movie Theaters of War
THEA 287Chinese Drama and Storytelling
 

Courses Taken Outside of Bates

One non-Bates credit may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable by the concentration coordinator, and with prior approval.

Declaration Restrictions

Bates Default: Students who have declared this concentration may declare any other major, minor, or concentration.

Other Considerations

None.