PSAM
5805

Race & Representation

Parsons School of Design: School of Art, Media, and Tech

Non-Liberal Arts
Graduate Course
Majors Only
Race & Representation
Spring 2025
Taught By: Noelle Théard
Section: A

CRN: 12374

Credits: 3

Histories of racial representation powerfully shape our contemporary visual landscape. In this course, we will engage with photographs, artworks, and critical texts to closely consider the relationship between visual culture and race. We will explore the ethics of representation, the politics of in/visibility, and dynamics of identity and recognition. Through close-readings, writing assignments, screenings, and reflections on contemporary photography, we will examine an array of aesthetic and conceptual strategies that construct, reinforce, and dismantle dominant notions of race. Together, we will ask: Who gets to look, see and be seen? How do we approach image-making in relation to identity and power? How is photography entangled in legacies of settler colonialism and white supremacy, and how can our work as artists help to undo them?

Open to: All university graduate degree students.
Prerequisites: No Prerequisites
Co-Requisites: No Co-requisites

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Art, Media, and Tech (AMT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 8

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 3:56am EDT 9/18/2025