[Tracks C & M] Are we becoming post-racial in the digital age? This course questions what constitutes “race” through explorations of the ways that technology affects identity. By turning to examples from new media art, online environments, video games, cyborgs, and the changing role of race in the “natural” body, we will explore the formation and reification of identity through imagined communities and imagined networks, online communities, and social media. This course draws upon critical race theory, critical theories of new media and technology, postcolonial theory, and post humanism to provide a clear and nuanced understanding of race and identity, situating it within the digital culture of our increasingly virtual world. Readings include Nakamura, Omi & Winant, Chun, Foucault, Gilroy, Deleuze, and Haraway. [Tracks C & M]