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HAVC 175Speculative Currents: Art, Oceans, and Imagined Worlds

5 creditsGE ERUndergraduateStudent Option

Explores how artists and writers use speculative forms to imagine radical futures. Focusing on Indigenous futurisms, oceanic imaginaries, and global speculative art, the course examines resistance to colonialism, climate change, gender and tech ethics, and world-building across visual media. Students analyze and discuss artworks that engage imagination, critique, and alternative visions of the past, present, and future.

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When it runs

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 11:40am–1:15pm
Soc Sci 2 075N. FurtadoOpen 51/70

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Nicole Furtado4.0 / 53.1 / 571%7

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