This seminar explores the widespread phenomenon of collecting from a wide variety of perspectives, including personal (as self-expression), institutional (as social structures of value and knowledge), psychological (as a mode of knowing the world, also as obsession), sociological (in terms of class, gender, sexuality), economic (as a form of market), historical (from evolutionary roots through the history of consciousness), and artistic (as art!). For full seminar description go to College of Letters & Science Academic Programs website: https://www.duels.ucsb.edu/academics/seminars/list

Prerequisites: Freshman standing.

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Units

Pass no pass

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Inter collegiate athletes only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
KING W D
William Davies King
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TD-W 2517
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INT86HZ . King W D A Month Ago

Lots of interesting readings, recommended but not technically required. Very interesting, nice guy who is definitely and expert in the field of collecting.

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INT86HZ . King W D A Month Ago

Glad I got to be in his class before he retired. Interesting guy. Great collector.

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INT86HZ . King W D 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

Super nice person, and extremely passionate about collecting! Discussion posts on short articles + a brief presentation on a collection of your own. On occasion he would bring his own collections for us to look at which was super cool. Take this class if you need some units.

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THTR1 . King W D 12 Days Ago

Super sweet and pretty understanding professor. Lectures could be kind of dull at times but nevertheless attending helped with understanding the plays we read. I got away with barely reading them and just memorized key moments and points for the take home essays, midterm, and final. Not hard to do well but study the word etymologies espeically

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THTR1 . King W D A Month Ago

I love him and his passion for the subject, but do not take this course with the expectation of an easy grade. The course itself feels he's explaining to us why we should analyze plays rather than actually doing the act of it. Structures course around specific words he wants you to learn and apply to your analysis of the plays (very convoluted).

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94HZ . King W D 4 Months Ago

Easiest class ever. readings are recommended but you don't actually need to do them. weekly mandatory discussion boards and a final project i did in like 2 hours. class is p/np so no reason to not pass. really interesting guy and you can tell he really loves what he is teaching. super passionate guy.

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