HIST 469 - Colloquium: Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4SS, WR
This course is designed to introduce students to the Western museum as a history-specific institution from the late 18th century. Museums are particular set of practices and institutions which produce, organize, and structure dominant knowledge. The birth of the museum is entwined with the birth of the modern and its systems of organization and classification. Through readings, museum visits, projects, and discussions the class will encourage students to understand the museum as a social text. (NB: this was formerly taught as HIST 312.)
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: S. Volk
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
Credit cannot be earned for both HIST 469 and HIST 312.