Diplomacy Lab: Brazil
This Humanities Lab focuses on research requested by the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, as part of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomacy Lab. Our task, working collaboratively, is to investigate current climate change challenges for Brazil that specifically affect marginalized urban communities (ex. democracy, human rights, health, energy security, economic policy, and conflict).
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Spring 2025
Printing el Pueblo: A Recovery
Faculty, museum curator, and students will collaborate to create a collection handbook to accompany an exhibition at the ASU Art Museum of the Hispanic Research Center’s art collection. This exhibition aims to elevate Latinx Printmaking and the ways it has shaped American art. The students will gain knowledge of artistic preservation and curation as well as formal and thematic elements of Latinx art. Student teams will draft, write, design, and publish a catalog for the exhibition as their course outcome.
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Spring 2025
Humanizing Digital Culture
Working together, Lab participants consider how digital culture is (re)shaping human identity and investigate the dual power of humankind's relationship to technology to create empathy while also causing real-world harm. What does it mean to be human in a digital world? How does digital identity determine how we relate to each other and the planet? How do we define and demonstrate human identity now and in the future?
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Spring 2025
Intro to Interdisciplinary Research
Students in this Lab will learn about interdisciplinary research, develop skills of collaboration, learn helpful research tools, exercise creative problem solving skills, and develop a team inquiry project focused on complex social challenges. Each session students will be working hands-on and minds-on in a workshop-like environment as we work through what the concepts & practices above mean and how to use various tools to help us meet our objectives.
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Spring 2025
Seeking Truth: Misinformation
From ancient to modern times, false narratives persist, though today they are amplified by the digital era and its numerous tools (ex. AI) and platforms (ex. TikTok). This surge has profound global to local repercussions, impacting media, politics, science, and economics while eroding trust in institutions, between communities, and affecting individual behaviors.
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Spring 2025
