Section Info: ARTH-352LW-01

Course Title: Topics in Modern and Contemporary Architecture: 'Spaces of Law'
Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024
Term: Fall Semester 2024
Description: While law is often seen as an abstract discipline, its practice is embedded within our built environments quite concretely. This seminar surveys spaces of law, with attention to the many ways architecture has historically shaped modern legal concepts. We will ask: How has legal authority been reflected or produced by the design of legal space, as exemplified by the spatial arrangements of the courthouse? How does architecture frame legal evidence? How has the historical development of state-sanctioned punishment been reflected in urban space or architectural form? And finally: how can we use evidence in the built environment to reveal moments of resistance against legal authority?
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Lisa Haber-Thomson             lhaberthomson@mtholyoke.edu  

Jessica Maier (email: jmaier@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 0) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions.
Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024   Seminar   Tuesday   01:30PM - 04:20PM   ART - Art   221   Weekly

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Requisite Courses        
Prereq: 4 credits in Art History. Take previously   Required  

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Section status: Open     Capacity: 15     Enrollment: 13     Available: 2     Waitlist: 0

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