Imagining the Amazon: Art and Activism (VMS-0140)

Spring 2024 · VMS 0140 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Focus on the visual culture produced in and around the Brazilian Amazon. Considers the rich and diverse indigenous culture of the region and addresses its history of confrontation with western culture from the time of contact to present. Special attention to contemporary indigenous Amazonian art to consider alternative world views that have opened new and important paths for thinking about ecology and social justice.

Course codes: VMS-0140, VMS 0140, VMS0140, VMS-140, VMS 140, VMS140

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