Folklore & Public Culture (FLR) |
118 Prince Lucien Campbell, 541-346-3911
Folklore & Public Culture, College of Arts & Sciences
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Course Data
| FLR 320 Car Cultures >1 |
4.00 cr. |
| Examines car customizing and tuning as forms of vernacular art; studies the environmental impacts of automobiles, the history of the industry, and the peculiarities of drivers' behavior. Offered alternate years. |
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Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Zeitler A |
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 Course Fees: |
$25.00 per credit |
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40 |
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8/18-9/14 |
ASYNC WEB |
Zeitler A |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| August 20: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| August 20: |
Add this course |
| August 20: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| August 23: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| August 25: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| August 27: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| September 4: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| September 4: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| In this course we will learn about the history of the automotive industry and U.S. public policy toward the industry, examine environmental issues surrounding cars, and study car design and customizing as vernacular art. Car Cultures draws upon several disciplines that contribute to folklore studies, including sociology, art history, media studies and history, all to focus on one of the most pressing social issues of our time: how can the world’s people meet their transportation needs without depleting energy supplies, polluting the air and water, or ending up hopelessly jammed in traffic? These questions have no easy answers, not least because Americans’ habits and desires, and the infrastructure of our society, have made us resistant to change, and are spreading to other parts of the world. Like many social issues in the U.S., automobiles arouse zealous critics and stubborn defenders. Our course cannot promise breakthrough solutions, but it begins from the premise that motorists’ creativity and love of their cars can be part of a solution. The major assignment for the course will be an interdisciplinary project involving folklore or ethnographic fieldwork as well as textual research. Each student, or team of students, will select and research some aspect of car enthusiasm or automotive behavior, whether monster trucks or tuners or rat rods, muscle cars or microbuses, advertisements or repairmen, parking lots or critical masses of cyclists.
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