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Wintersession Travel Courses: Mandatory Pre-Departure Meeting (Mexico, all courses)
All WS travel course participants enrolled in courses in MEXICO must attend in person.
The Student Orientation meeting will cover:
- RISD Support for students while abroad
- Student expectations and responsibilities
- Health and Safety practices
- TITLE IX and consent while abroad
- Mental wellness while abroad
- LGBTQ+ considerations
- Medical insurance
- Visa (if applicable)
Mexico: Color, Mestizaje & Design Futures
Students in this course will be introduced to Oaxaca and its biodiverse environs as home to a radical mixture of cultures and ethnicities: Zapotec, Mixtec, and a host of other indigenous communities; mestizos, or those with mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage; as well as the historically under-recognized AfroMexican communities.
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Mexico: Pre-Columbian to Contemporary: Architecture & Crafts
This travel course is a cross-disciplinary Liberal Arts collaboration between THAD and HPSS. The THAD component "Pre-Colonial to Contemporary" addresses colonial, modern, and contemporary arts, while the HPSS component, "Pre-Columbian Architecture and Traditional Crafts" addresses the pre-Columbian history of architecture and arts.
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Mexico: Material Propositions: Oaxaca
The primary focus of this studio is to weave together cultural research, material exploration, and full-scale construction to explore the resonance between traditional craft practices and contemporary techniques of design.
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