http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/ en-us Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:57:46 GMT Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:57:46 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UserLand Frontier v9.5 http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <font color="maroon">***Salamander Breiter</font><br> Instructor/Chair of the Humanities<br> De Anza College<br> 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.<br> Cupertino, CA 95014<br> Office: F21s<br> Phone: (408) 864 - 5561<br> E-mail: breitersal@fhda.edu<br></i> c421087215a9def7af83f850cf630b0f Sal Breiter http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <p align="center"><img src="http://facultyfiles.deanza.edu/images/breitersal/earthfirstfistjpeg.jpg" height="650" width="671" border="0" alt="fist: "></p> 0e14eb4a740b34d768feaf51f22a371c Sal Breiter http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <font color="maroon">***Courses Offered:</font> 63e2d209699cee52438e51594e0193c6 Sal Breiter http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <i>Humanities 1: Creative Minds</i><br> Interdisciplinary discussion identifying and exploring origins, structures, motivations, processes and barriers in creativity within historical, cultural, political and personal contexts. Emphasis is placed on challenging social assumptions, promoting positive social change and encouraging self-discovery. 1ba0d631cf0aa855cfaa8e22a27b4097 Sal Breiter http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <i>Humanities 6: Popular Culture</i><br> The methods of humanities applied to the study of popular culture---that dimension of culture, which is created and sustained by mass media and techniques of mass production, marketing and distribution. The disciplines traditionally subsumed under the humanities (including history, philosophy, and literary, aesthetic and social criticism) applied to the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the artifacts or "texts" of popular culture - including the products of popular entertainment, television, film, animation, comics, video games, music, fads, fashion, news media, magazines, advertising and propaganda, and contemporary art forms. 7b89aa673e46e70597bf8fe114db1fd9 Sal Breiter http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <i>Humanities 16: Arts, Ideas and Values</i><br> This course is an introduction to visual culture studies. We will explore the manner in which American social constructions of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, social class and globalization shape and are shaped by visual mediums. Special emphasis will placed on visual art as a tool for social change. dce36c28117dde3311e962275c88e50a Sal Breiter http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <i>Humanities 18: History as Mystery</i><br> Interdisciplinary discussion identifying and exploring fundamental Western cultural, aesthetic, scientific and spiritual principles and placing them within a historical and cross-cultural perspective. The relationship between the past, the present, and the future will frame a critical analysis of the nature of truth and knowledge in the West. Emphasis is placed on challenging assumptions regarding Western worldview and establishing links between historical precedents and working solutions to contemporary social issues. 76f0904eafc0d6119c091f9fd91fe7fb Sal Breiter http://faculty.deanza.edu/breitersal/2002/07/15 <i>Anthropology 2: Cultural Anthropology</i><br> The anthropological approach to the study of human behavior from a cross-cultural, comparative perspective. An exploration into the languages, economics, sociopolitical systems, religions and worldviews of diverse world cultures. An assessment of the dynamics of culture change and the future prospects for humanity. 5bbf54a8f200efaa6a566eac6600cb47 Sal Breiter