FYS 29 Representing Capitalism
Is it possible to see capitalism? How can something that is simultaneously so totalizing and abstract while also enmeshed in our everyday environment and activities be represented? How have artists, writers, and filmmakers attempted to provide a picture of the complex economic system that imperceptibly links our daily lives with the entire world? This course will focus on the various strategies contemporary artists, theorists, and other cultural practitioners have explored to make capitalism visible and intelligible in the era of globalization. Open only to first year frosh.