Aesthetics and Politics - California Institute of the Arts

Aesthetics and Politics from California Institute of the Arts is a Campus Master Public Administration degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The School of Critical Studies at CalArts invites applications for a new Master's Degree program in Aesthetics and Politics. This program embraces an approach that includes many perspectives to the different points at which the aesthetic and the political intersect. First, the MA focuses on what is normally understood as political art ? i.e. art-making that chooses to become critical discourse in the public sphere. Second, the program addresses the reverse phenomenon ? the famous ?aestheticization of politics? that so troubled critical theorists during the twentieth century and that continues to invite further reflection. Finally, the program aims to become a pole of attraction for students, artists, and scholars interested in the type of theorizing ? characteristic of continental thought ? that contextualizes aesthetic and political phenomena within a dynamic space in which social meanings are generated, renewed and contested. Applicants interested in these fascinating crossroads and increasingly burgeoning fields of study will have the unique opportunity of enjoying the artistic environment and interdisciplinary dialogue offered by CalArts. The MA is a one-year, full-time year program of study. It will be of particular interest to artists seeking to deepen the theoretical and political elements of their art, and to BA/BFA/MFA graduates who may be considering combining their artistic practice with a scholarly career. View more details on California Institute of the Arts . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Public Administration courses.