HAA 100R Sophomore Excursion Course: India

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2020
The HAA excursion course introduces sophomore concentrators to on-site art and architecture through the case study of a particular geographic and cultural area. This year the plan was to visit India during spring break. The first half of the semester consists of an introduction to the historical, religious and cultural contexts of monuments and sites to be visited during the excursion. A few thematic threads of the course include the issue of scale, siting and ecology, religion and politics, and gendered space and representation. Students are assigned to a site on our itinerary about which they give brief introductions. In the latter part of the semester, students develop their research on a chosen site to complete their term papers.  Co-taught with Professors Jinah Kim and Gulru Necipoglu.