| Course Title: Issues in Art History: Making is Thinking: Craft Cultures in East Asia |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: This course examines the changing ideas and media practices of "craft" from pre-modern to the contemporary era, and from the British Art and Craft Movement to folkcraft promotion in East Asia. We will navigate intellectual writings, games, documentaries, novels, paintings, films, design manuscripts and products, and video blogs. We will also engage in DIY activities. Topics include "craft and ecology," "craft and industrialization," "craft and gender," and "the future of work." By delving into the discourses of craft shaped by various technological, cultural, and political forces, we aim to foster a critical awareness of the ethics and condition of labor, long dominated by technoscientific rationality and elitist fine art, and to reimagine the future of work. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Lingjia Xu | lingjiaxu@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Lecture | Tuesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| No knowledge of the East Asian languages is required. |
| Course Tags | ||
| ASIAN0001 | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor. |
| EASIA0001 | EASIA: East Asian Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the East Asian Studies major. |
| NOPRI0001 | Used to identify non-primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ASIAN-216-01 Craft Cultures in East Asia |
| ARTH-290MT-01 Craft Cultures in East Asia |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 0 | Available: 18 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |