Week 16: April 25, 2005

Topic: Art, Design, and Cultural Meaning

Key Questions:
Can cultural meaning be defined universally?
How do you approach design/creativity from either a universalistic or a particularistic understanding of cultural meaning?

Readings:

Coates, Del.        2003. Watches Tell More Than Time. McGraw Hill: New York, NY.
Chapters 10: pp. 191-240

Hellner, Steven.   2004. Design Literacy, 2nd edition. Allworth Press: New York, NY.
Chapter "Media": Any 20 pages in section.

Myers, Fred.        2002. Painting Culture. Duke University Press: Durham, NC.
Chapter 3: pp. 80-120

Assignments Due:

Final Essay (15 pages)
Final Essay Self Evaluation
Letter of Self Commitment Evaluation