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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
SOC D097A
Course Title (CB02)
The Art of Protest - FYE, Puente and Umoja
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2021
Course Description
Explores topics in social problems and social movements from a sociological perspective. Addresses various theories of Social Problems and Movements as well as tools, strategies and processes of successful social movements including (but not limited to) political or movement art, collective and direct action, claims making campaigns, and coalition building.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This is a CSU transferable, stand-alone course. It was designed specifically for the First Year Experience, Puente and Umoja programs as part of the integrated curriculum of these student success learning communities.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to CSU only

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
1.0
Maximum Credit Units
1.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours1.02.0
Laboratory Hours0.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
12.0
Laboratory
0.0
Total
12.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
24.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
24.0

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Student must also enroll in a designated First Year Experience, Puente or Umoja section of SOC D020.

Advisory(ies)

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

Methods of Instruction

Lecture and visual aids

Discussion of assigned reading

In-class exploration of Internet sites

Collaborative learning and small group exercises

Collaborative projects

Assignments

  1. Oral presentation on a case study of the functions of art in a particular social movement
  2. Creation of a political poster or spoken word performance using rhetorical strategies common to social movements
  3. Written reflection and analysis of assigned course readings

Methods of Evaluation

  1. Oral presentations will be graded based on how well students apply general sociological concepts related to social movements to their analysis of the art generated by a particular social movement
  2. Final project will require students to implement effective rhetorical strategies used by social movements in the form of a political poster, spoken word or poem, short film, skit, original work of art or other student-generated creative project that showcases these strategies.
  3. Reading reflections will be evaluated based on their comprehension of and critical engagement with the assigned readings

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • None.
Essential College Facilities:
  • None.

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
Reed, T.V. 2005. The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Streets of Seattle. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
McCaughan, E.J. 2012. Art and Social Movements: Cultural Politics in Mexico and Aztlan. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisher
Best, J. 2008. Social Problems. New York, NY: W.W. Norton.
Broyles-Gonzalez, Y. El Teatro Campesino: Theater in the Chicano Movement. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
Butler, C. & L.G. Mark. 2007. WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution. Boston, MA: MIT Press.
Cockcroft, E.S. & H. Barnet-Sanchez. 1990. Signs from the Heart: California Chicano Murals. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.
Durant, S. 2007. Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas. New York, NY: Rizzoli Press.
Eyerman, E. & A. Jamison. 1998. Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the 20th Century. Boston, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Goodwin, J., J. Jasper & F. Polletta. 2001. Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Greenwald, D. & J. MacPhee. 2010. Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures, 1960s to Now. Oakland, CA: AK Press.
Jackson, C.F. 2009. Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtesteArte. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
Jacoby, A. 2009. Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo. New York, NY: Abrams.
Jasper, J.M. 1999. The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography and Creativity in Social Movements. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Johnston, H. 1995. Social Movements and Culture. New York, NY: Routledge.
Johnson, H. & A.H. Noakes. 2005. Frames of Protest: Social Movements and the Framing Perspective. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Lynskey, D. 2011. 33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs. New York, NY: Ecco.
Meyer, D., N. Whittier & B. Robnett. 2002. Social Movements: Identity, Culture and the State. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Moore, H. 2009. Poems from the Women's Movement. New York, NY: Library of America.
Piven, Frances Fox. 2008. Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Polletta, F. 2006. It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Roy, W.G. 2010. Reds, Whites and Blues: Social Movements, Folk Music and Race in the United States. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Selz, P. 2006. Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Weissman, D. 2010. Talkin Bout a Revolution: Music and Social Change in America. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Analyze claimsmaking and framing strategies in social movements
  • Investigate recruitment, collective identity and solidarity building in social movements
  • Compare the role of culture in shaping social movements and the role of social movements in generating culture
  • Evaluate the role of the performing arts in social movement claimsmaking and collective identity
  • Evaluate the role of the visual arts in social movement claimsmaking

CSLOs

  • Distinguish a sociological approach to the study of art and culture from other more humanistic, aesthetic or literary approaches.

  • Identify more than one type of social movement.

  • Analyze social problems and social movements through various theoretical approaches within sociology.

  • Illustrate the importance of culture in shaping social problems and social movements.

  • Evaluate the different rhetorical strategies social movements use to meet their objectives.

Outline

  1. Analyze claimsmaking and framing strategies in social movements
    1. The rhetorical structure of social movement claims, including grounds, warrants and conclusions
    2. Diagnostic, prognostic and motivational framing strategies within social movements
  2. Investigate recruitment, collective identity and solidarity building in social movements
    1. Factors influence the success of social movement recruitment strategies, including social and moral incentives
    2. The functions of collective identity within social movements and its uses to build solidarity among movement actors
  3. Compare the role of culture in shaping social movements and the role of social movements in generating culture
    1. How culture shapes the kinds of rhetorical strategies available to social movements and how audiences response to those strategies
    2. New forms of culture generated by social movements, including visual and performing arts forms and cultural change
  4. Evaluate the role of the performing arts in social movement claimsmaking and collective identity
    1. How social movements use theater as a form of claimsmaking and solidarity building, including Teatro Campesino and guerrilla/street theater
    2. How social movements have used music to develop collective identity and solidarity in the face of opposition
    3. Protest music and spoken word as a form of claimsmaking
  5. Evaluate the role of the visual arts in social movement claimsmaking
    1. The uses of documentary-form visual arts, such as photography and film, in social movement claimsmaking
    2. Social movement muralism and street art, with a focus on Chicano muralism
    3. Graphic arts as a form of claimsmaking within social movements
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