This course is an examination of the management of Roman cultural heritage from a multidisciplinary perspective. The course draws on art history, papal history, economic interests, and cultural aims in its approach to the transformation of the image...
This course focuses on four international events that have determined the world-wide launching of the city of Barcelona as a renowned Art window: The 1888 International World Fair (Modernisme, including Gaudi & others), the 1929 International World...
This course explores urban, architecture and landscape projects in modern Barcelona from the 1850´s to the present day. The class is structured in two parts: the first offers a historical survey that explores architecture projects in relation to...
To truly live in our city means to expand the limits of our homes. To understand this concept, we will study the social aspects of public spaces and the importance of their form and qualities to help us feel one with the city we live in. The course...
Berlin is justifiably recognized as a city whose development has been profoundly affected by the principal political, economic, technological, and aesthetic trends of the last two hundred years, and as a laboratory of radical modern European archi...
This course focuses on the cultural meaning of paintings, sculptures and buildings created in Rome between late 16th and mid-17th centuries, most of them commissioned by the popes but also by cardinals and aristocrats. The close relationship between...
This course provides an anthropological overview of the rich aboriginal patrimony of Chile, examining ancient and present expressions of Chilean native cultures: Aymaras, Atacameños, Diaguitas, Pascuenses and Mapuches. Their correlations as well as...
In this lecture and discussion course, we broadly examine manga (Japanese comics), anime (Japanese animation), and related consumer goods and cultures in Japan. Drawing on assigned academic readings and manga, we use a number of analytical...
This course examines contemporary Japanese popular culture from historical, social, and anthropological perspectives. The course will examine very recent topics in an attempt to understand Japanese culture as it exists today. The scope of topics...
This course explores the history and anthropology of Argentine Patagonia and its inhabitants, with a main focus on the relationships between indigenous peoples and territory over time. Course discussions and materials explore a wide range of topics...