Constellation: How Are We Political Bodies?

Explore how politics becomes embodied and how bodies become politicized. Examine the ways political systems, ideologies and movements shape our world — and how we might shape new ones. This Constellation invites you to investigate the forces that govern human lives, from the body to identity to global society, through the lenses of history, art, literature and performance. Along the way, you’ll develop the critical and creative tools to engage and envision bold alternatives to the status quo.

Students enroll in one fall course and one spring course for their matched Constellation. Students are assigned to either the fall or spring semester to enroll in one integrated W120 course.

Fall 2025

MATH 167CNS Game Theory & Democracy
ROMST 167CN Unruly Bodies: Narratives of Dissent (Cross-list: FRENCH 167CNS)
GSF 181CN Sex, Bodies and Power (Cross-list: HISTORY 181CNS)

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Spring  2026     

ETHICS 196CN Imagination for Liberation: Creative Strategies for Social Movement
ENGLISH 170CN Political Theater 
DANCE 191CNS Embodiment, Systems, and the Imagination of Relational Possibilities

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