HUMN 1301: HumanitiesThrough the ArtsAesthetic Encounters

on the Silk Roads

GPC • 3rd largest in the University System of Georgia w/ 23,000 students• Five campuses around metro Atlanta• Dunwoody Campus is the fastest growing with

10,000 students• We have 3 East-West Center fellows at Dunwoody• Cultural Diversity: more international students than any other

USG institution, including African, Caribbean, Eastern European, Indian, Vietnamese, Iranian, Pakistani, Korean, Afghani, Iraqi, and

• Diversity of Academic Background• New Chinese language and culture club at Dunwoody campus

Re-designing GPC’s Study Abroad to China

China-themed Learning Community, Year of China, and China Study Abroad

• HUMN 1301-200 (CRN 24168) and ECON 2105-204 (CRN 20414) are joined in a Learning Community for six credit hours.

• The courses are scheduled so that discussions in economics are complemented by a survey of seven major art forms- film, drama, music, literature, painting, sculpture and architecture.

• This Learning Community is designed for business majors participating in the GPC china program: however all eligible students may enroll.

• The GPC China Program culminates in a five week study abroad Learning Community in Shanghai, China where SURB 1105 and ENGL 2111 will be taught. I

• If you have any questions about the China Program, or about this Learning Community, please contact Prof. Fred Bounds (770-274-5153), 404-428-6630,Frederick.Bounds@gpc.edu), or Prof. Liam Madden(770-274-5547, 770-883-8811, William.Madden@gpc.edu).

HUMN 1301: Humanities thru the Arts:

Aesthetic Encounters on the Silk Roads Course Overview

• Week 1: Overview: Chinese History and the Silk Routes• Week 2: a. Introduction to spoken Chinese: U of H’s

“Say it in Chinese” DVD set. b. Viewing and discussing High Museum video series

on the Qin Emperor’s Tomb.• Week 3: Analects of Confucius & “The Ethics of Confucian

Artistry”• Week 4: Mapping the Silk Road: Intercultural Cartographies

and Historiographies (group work)• Week 5: Presentations (Building a virtual museum—selection

& interpretation)• Week 6: Midterm Assessment: Objective Exam & Essay

HUMN 1301: Overview (cont.)• Week 7: Mahayana Buddhism & Chan Buddhist Thought & Practice

a. The Buddhist Art of Dunhuang b. The Heart-Mind Sutra

c. The Kung Fu Connection & Tai Chi Workshop d. 845 C.E.• Week 8: a. Tang Dynasty/Chang An (Cultural Commerce in the

Golden Age of the Silk Road) b. Prince Pirooz, Yang Gui Fei, Persian Star-Crossed Lovers & “The Story of Ying Ying” c. “The True History of Tea”

d. 845 C.E.• Week 9: Islam & The Silk Routes• Week 10: The Three Perfections: Song Dynasty Painting as Self-

expression & Dissent

HUMN 1301: Overview (cont.)

• Week 11: a. Khublai Khan, The Il-Khanate & Marco Polo b. Music

• Week 12: a. Ming China & The Voyages of Zheng He b. Film

• Week 13: Discussion & Evaluation of Virtual Museum Exhibits• Week 14: Review for Final Exam & Exit Conferences

Co-curricular activities include:• Guest lecturers from local experts• Decatur Book Festival• Annual Teaching the Middle East Workshop (USG)• Atlanta Asian Film Festival• Visit to Hindu Temple , Lilburn GA• Dragon Boat Race• Dunwoody Campus Chinese Language & Culture Club

Texts• Analects of Confucius (Norton selections & Ames)• “Ethics of Confucian Artistry” • Tang Poetry (Norton Selections)• Chan Buddhism (Hershock)• “The Heart-Mind Sutra”• The Monkey and the Monk (selections from Anthony Yu)• Life Along the Silk Road (selections from Whitfield)• Religions of the Silk Road (selections from Foltz)• Silla, Korea, and the Silk • Reality Through the Arts, Spore• Non-Western Art: A Brief Guide, McKenzie

High Museum

Sinescope

Types of Assignments

• Assigned Readings• Group Work (Mapping & Inventorying “Art”)• 2 Aesthetic Encounter Reports• Midterm: objective and essay• Virtual Museum Exhibits & Critiques• Final Exam (objective and discussion)