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• Fall 2012 course "Colonial/Decolonial Aesthetics" taught by Prof. Deborah Jenson (Romance Studies/Haiti Lab) and Edouard Duval-Carrie (Haitian Artist and Mellon Visiting Professor)
  Natalie J Hartman, 2012/05/14 17:23:56

  Fall 2012 course "Colonial/Decolonial Aesthetics" taught by Prof. Deborah Jenson (Romance Studies/Haiti Lab) and Edouard Duval-Carrie (Haitian Artist and Mellon Visiting Professor). ROMST 490S.02; ARTSVIS 490S.01; LATAMER 490S.02. Thursdays 4:40 - 7:10 pm. Perkins LINK 2-065, Classroom 2. Course description: An introduction to colonial aesthetics, fashions, poetics, as well as to the aesthetics of the resistance to colonialism and slavery. Team-taught by acclaimed Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrie and Haiti Lab co-director Deborah Jenson. This course will familiarize students with the cultural history of the Haitian Revolution. There is a studio art component involving, among other possible projects, collaborative illustrations of an 18th century Creole opera that dramatizes social relationships across racial, class, and religious groups. Course taught in English; no pre-requisites. FL preceptorials in French and Spanish for French and Spanish majors and minors. For more information contact deborah.jenson@duke.edu  

• Fall 2012 course "Visions of Haiti" taught by Prof Laurent Dubois (Romance Studies and History) and Edouard Duval-Carrie (Haitian Artist and Mellon Visiting Professor)
  Natalie J Hartman, 2012/05/14 17:17:23

  Fall 2012 course "Visions of Haiti" taught by Prof Laurent Dubois (Romance Studies and History) and Edouard Duval-Carrie (Haitian Artist and Mellon Visiting Professor). Open to undergraduate and graduate students. FRN 690S-2; AAS 690S; ARTSVIS 690S; HISTORY 590S; LATAMER 690S; VMS 590S. Tuesdays 1:25 - 3:30 pm. Course description: In this class we'll work with renowned Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrie as we explore the visual representations of Haiti. We'll examine how the country has viewed both by outsiders and by Haitians themselves, examining to understand how visual culture has intersected with political, cultural, and religious life in Haiti. To better understand the art of Haiti – including paintings, photography, and film – we'll study the political and economic history, study the impact of both Vodou and Christianity on the country’s culture, and read poetry and fiction. Students will do independent research projects and have the opportunity to participate in the conceptualization an exhibit on the history of Haitian photography (being curated by Duval-Carrie at the Fort Lauderdale Museum). For more information contact laurent.dubois@duke.edu. The class is open both undergraduate and graduate students and will meet in the Haiti Laboratory at the Smith Warehouse.