Detroit Studies

Care of the City explores new ways of thinking about the philosophy and poetics of the late modern
city, concentrating on contemporary Detroit. Through an exploration of new art practice, along with
the development of urban gardening as a form for what Mary Caroline Richards called the renewal of
art through architecture, this class will explore contemporary art in the city of Detroit as part of a
developing ethics of care. Readings in philosophy, theology and psychology will complement cultural,
historical and aesthetic texts in an attempt to develop a critical vocabulary distinctive to the new art
experiences emerging in Detroit. This course may apply toward the upper level Visual Arts
requirement as well as English, Art History and Social Science.

COURSE: DLE-411

CREDITS: 3

PREREQUISITES: DEN 239