CCI 203 - Contemporary Issues in Creative and Cultural Industries

This course will take up key ideas and topics in Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI). Specific topics will vary, but the course will engage in recent debates and developments. Examples of this include: new developments in media (VR, digitalization of texts, visual cultures, podcasting, gaming) and their cultural implications; new cultural forms and developments (for example, the rise of ‘disaster tourism’); developments within specific CCI (for example, music, publishing, performance, fashion); controversies and challenges in and through CCI (for example, the arts and the environment, protest and rebellion as cultural movements, creative spaces). Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. May be repeated for credit. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits