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During the Calumet Quarter at The University of Chicago, students simultaneously enroll in three courses focused on the history, culture, geography, and ecology of the Calumet Region. Designed as a “study abroad at home” sequence focused on experiential learning, students participate in weekly field trips to the Calumet and complete practical, hands on research as part of their coursework.
In one of the courses, CEGU 26367: Objects, Place, and Power: Collecting and Display in the Calumet, students studied the ways in which material culture is both created by a specific sense of place and shapes identity in the region. Through a partnership with local historical societies and museums, students in the course studied individual objects to learn how their histories are connected to broader ones of the region and nation. Please browse their reports here, including some podcasts discussing a behind-the-scenes look at their research processes, as students learned about the power and politics of visual representation in placemaking.
Object Histories of the Calumet
About
During the Calumet Quarter at The University of Chicago, students simultaneously enroll in three courses focused on the history, culture, geography, and ecology of the Calumet Region. Designed as a “study abroad at home” sequence focused on experiential learning, students participate in weekly field trips to the Calumet and complete practical, hands on research as part of their coursework.
In one of the courses, CEGU 26367: Objects, Place, and Power: Collecting and Display in the Calumet, students studied the ways in which material culture is both created by a specific sense of place and shapes identity in the region. Through a partnership with local historical societies and museums, students in the course studied individual objects to learn how their histories are connected to broader ones of the region and nation. Please browse their reports here, including some podcasts discussing a behind-the-scenes look at their research processes, as students learned about the power and politics of visual representation in placemaking.
