This seminar introduces students to the relationship between race and design in history, theory, and practice. How have racial ideologies shaped the formation of design? How has design mediated the reproduction of racial ideologies across time, space, and social forms? While tracing the tangled history of race and design, we will engage current critical writing and design practices. Topics include: material cultures of slavery and racial capitalism; racism in the design industry; racial politics of modernism; architectures of incarceration and surveillance; and antiracist practices. Students will develop their own perspective on these issues through site visits and a final research project. Prerequisite: None.
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