Critical Encounters
Critical Encounters is a college-wide initiative intended to synchronize conversations between the school and the community in an ongoing dialogue around a central, socially and culturally relevant issue, each academic year. The purpose of Critical Encounters is to further enhance Columbia College’s commitment to civic engagement by inviting students, faculty and staff to explore and reflect upon the chosen issue so that we better understand the impact of that issue in relation to our role as artists, communicators, and media makers, and as those who shape public perception and author the culture of our times.
During the 2009-10 academic year, explorations will focus on Fact & Faith.
Critical Encounters: Fact & Faith explores how we negotiate the tension between the need to believe and the need to know. Through dialogue, art, performance, and collaboration, we will consider fact and faith not merely through the lens of science and religion, but in all its aspects: How does "fact" inform our practice of media, storytelling, and politics? How does "faith" shape our ideals, communities, decision-making, and sense of self? Through Critical Encounters: Fact & Faith we will examine the concept of truth, what shapes it, and how it is expressed.
During the 2009-10 academic year, explorations will focus on Fact & Faith.
Critical Encounters: Fact & Faith explores how we negotiate the tension between the need to believe and the need to know. Through dialogue, art, performance, and collaboration, we will consider fact and faith not merely through the lens of science and religion, but in all its aspects: How does "fact" inform our practice of media, storytelling, and politics? How does "faith" shape our ideals, communities, decision-making, and sense of self? Through Critical Encounters: Fact & Faith we will examine the concept of truth, what shapes it, and how it is expressed.