DIGITAL 357 FTVM 366 ARCH 409 From Prisms to Pantone: Color, Race, and Technology Course Syllabus

In this class, we will take a deep dive into the rich, fascinating, and sometimes overwhelming topic of color as it is mediated by technology, culture, and politics. By doing so, we’ll open up a larger conversation about how technology shapes our perception of the world and ourselves. A major conceptual thread running throughout the course will be around the complex relationship between so-called "abstract" color in the arts and sciences and color as a tool of racial classification and oppression. Throughout the semester, we’ll look critically at the ways in which color technologies from photography to biometrics have historically been calibrated in a way that perpetuates racial bias.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/191466/1/Zeitlin-Wu, DIGITAL 357 FTVM 366 ARCH 409 Syllabus, 2023.pdfDescription of Zeitlin-Wu, DIGITAL 357 FTVM 366 ARCH 409 Syllabus, 2023.pdf : Course SyllabusSEL