76-340 Hospitable Worlds: Migration and Settlement on Earth and in Space
9 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Are you an artist, writer, designer, science major or film major who has ever thought about living on Mars Do you watch scifi movies and think, whoa, that looks cool, or no way, thats not how it would work Do you worry about climate change on planet Earth, and think about how to use your creativity to imagine a better future This class invites students in the visualliterary arts and the sciences to explore planetary hospitality. With each passing year, climate change makes our planet less hospitable for human life. As concerns about Earths climate grow and the costs of space travel shrink, there has been renewed interest in establishing settlements in outer space. The goal of this class is to explore both the diminishing hospitability of our planet and the prospects of hospitality on others. We will investigate these themes through a variety of media written, visual, auditory, etc. and use the questionsthemes of the course as inspiration for creating collaborative artistic productions incorporating art and media of all kinds sketches, poems, paintings, videos, music, etc..
Prerequisites: 76-101 or 76-102 or (76-106 and 76-107) or (76-106 and 76-108) or (76-107 and 76-108)
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