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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

Grades 9-11 Seminar Course Choices 2013

Six Afternoon Course Choices

Zine and Not Heard? An introduction to the art, history, politics, and function underground print culture

The Greatest Show on Earth: Literature of Circuses, Fairs and CarnivalsSpeaking in Light: The Language of FilmHungry for ScienceMusic and CreativityScience, Philosophy and Magic

Zine and Not Heard? An introduction to the art, history, politics, and function underground print culture

Two hundred years ago, children were expected to be 'seen and not heard'. Many years later, modern zinesemerged as part of an underground self-publication movement for people who didn't have the finances, soc

standing or desire to duplicate and sell their printed work via conventional means. 'Zine', a shortened versioof 'magazines', came to mean a self-made publication for voices that couldn't, or didn't want to, be heard intraditional ways. In conversation with Walter Benjamin's essay "The Work of Art in the Age of MechanicalReproduction" as well as essays published afterward on print and the digital age, we'll explore the zine'shistorical evolution as well as its connection to identity, storytelling, writing, art, and politics. Students willindividually conceptualize important ideas, hone and present those ideas, then draft and create their ownzine. The course ends with a trip to the UVA special collections library to view pamphlets from the late 1700the predecessors of the modern zine movement.

The Greatest Show on Earth: Literature of Circuses, Fairs and Carnivals

This course will be a survey of literature about circuses, fairs and carnivals and their history in the UnitedStates. From the images of the traveling snake oil salesman to more contemporary circuses such asCirque du Soleil, traveling entertainment has been a large part of American culture. Using ErinMorgenstern's The Night Circus as the backbone for our discussions, we'll look at the history of travelingentertainment in American culture, and how it has changed over time. We'll discuss issues that exist withincontemporary circus culture such as animal rights, and students will be asked to develop their ownplan for creating a traveling show.

Speaking in Light: The Language of Film

Why does a director go for the close-up rather than a more distant shot? How does editing make thedifference between an exciting car chase and a confusing mess? How do our expectations of how certaintypes of films, or genres, are supposed to work affect the meaning of an individual film in that genre? In thicourse we will explore the language of cinema in order to understand how filmmakers create meaning for thviewers. Through in-class analysis we will explore the various components of cinema, from a single shot to whole film to an entire genre, and in the process come to a better understanding of why some films are soeffective at touching us while others leave us cold.

Hungry for Science

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Are you hungry for science? Want to create the perfect gummy invertebrate? In this class, we will explore thworld around us through the roles of both scientist and chef. We will measure the energy transfer ofemulsified colloid of liquid butterfat in H2O as it reaches the solid state and explore the differences in sucroas it incorporates with other sugars. Get ready to boil, bake, and toast your way to a better understanding oscience!

Music and Creativity

Is karaoke imaginative? Is remixing art? Is improvisation innovative? What is creativity and whodecides? In this class we will learn about theories of creativity from inside and outside the world ofmusic. We will consider how these ideas relate to the day-to-day practice of music making indifferent times, places, and cultures. We will ask questions like: How does Kanye Wests creativityrelate to Mozarts? How does Deadmau5s creativity differ from Rihannas? We will also learn abothe ways in which musicians, and other relevant artists, nurture and develop their creativity.

Science, Philosophy and Magic

Have you ever wondered how scientists can discover so much about the universe? How do thmanage to pursue questions about big things like the Earth and the sun, or the weather and climachange if they cannot experiment with those things? In this class we are going to answer these aother scientific questions by following the actual process by which scientists discover the laws of tuniverse. We are going to explore the relation between scientific activity and laws of nature performing scientific experiments. In addition, we are going to explore the world of Harry Potter asee whether it is possible to talk about a world governed by different laws and whether such wowould be called magical. Would it make sense to talk about something like Hogwarts as a schothat, within its own world, is devoted to scientific enterprise? This class is a mixture of scientiexperiments, philosophical reflection and literary creativity that will expand your perspective aboscience and magic!

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Music and Creativity

Is karaoke imaginative? Is remixing art? Is improvisation innovative? What is creativity and whodecides? In this class we will learn about theories of creativity from inside and outside the world ofmusic. We will consider how these ideas relate to the day-to-day practice of music making indifferent times, places, and cultures. We will ask questions like: How does Kanye Wests creativityrelate to Mozarts? How does Deadmau5s creativity differ from Rihannas? We will also learn abo

the ways in which musicians, and other relevant artists, nurture and develop their creativity.

Science, Philosophy and Magic

Have you ever wondered how scientists can discover so much about the universe? How do thmanage to pursue questions about big things like the Earth and the sun, or the weather and climachange if they cannot experiment with those things? In this class we are going to answer these aother scientific questions by following the actual process by which scientists discover the laws of tuniverse. We are going to explore the relation between scientific activity and laws of nature performing scientific experiments. In addition, we are going to explore the world of Harry Potter a

see whether it is possible to talk about a world governed by different laws and whether such wowould be called magical. Would it make sense to talk about something like Hogwarts as a schothat, within its own world, is devoted to scientific enterprise? This class is a mixture of scientiexperiments, philosophical reflection and literary creativity that will expand your perspective aboscience and magic!