Course Info: HACU-0266
| Course | HACU-0266 Animating Octavia E Butler |
| Long Title | All that you touch, You change: Animating Octavia E Butler |
| Term | 2024F |
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| Meeting Info | Emily Dickinson HallüEmily Dickinson Hall 3ü5 on TüT from 6:00-8:50ü6:00-8:50 |
| Faculty | Sarah E Jenkins |
| Capacity | 15 |
| Available | 0 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
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| Additional Info | The content of this course deals with issues of race and power This course can be used to fulfill the Division II Project requirement Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time |
| Description | Octavia E Butler's Earthseed science fiction series envisioned a
future devastated by climate change, wealth disparity,
violence, and political injustice. Published in 1993, Parable of
the Sower places us in a dystopian 2024, where we follow the
journey of Lauren Oya Olamina, a black teenage girl with
hyper-empathy syndrome and an idea for a new religion called
Earthseed. In this hybrid seminar/studio course, we will begin
with a reading and analysis of Butler's Parable of the Sower
(1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998). Afterwards, students
will imagine & create animated projects that conceptually tie to
the themes present in Octavia E Butler's work, including
afrofuturism, climate change, and political injustice. This
course is limited to Division II and III students. Students
should have a working knowledge of Dragon Frame, Premiere Pro,
Sound recording, and traditional or digital 2D animation. Expect
to spend 8-12 hours per week outside of class time. Students will
need an external hard drive for this course Keywords: Octavia E Butler, Animation, Science Fiction |