HRTS541
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HRTS541 - Advancing Human Rights through Documentary Media
Course Description
This course surveys current models for making and using documentary media in the service of human rights practice and activism. Interrogating concepts such as witness, testimony and evidence, historical memory, transmedia storytelling and convergence, strategic partnerships and impact campaigns, and emergent participatory frameworks, the course explores a variety of approaches to media production, exhibition, distribution and advocacy. Each course module includes interactions with filmmakers and/or media activists in the field via video conferencing; exploring media products such as films, websites and online tutorials; and critical and practical readings. Students will develop individual term projects in consultation with the instructor, combining research, production and exhibition.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No
Typically Offered Main Campus
Fall, Spring, Summer
Typically Offered Distance Campus
Not Offered
Typically Offered Online Campus
Fall, Spring, Summer
Typically Offered Phoenix Campus
Not Offered
Typically Offered Sierra Vista Campus
Not Offered
Typically Offered Community Campus
Not Offered