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'Queer Space' course examines 'bathhouses,' 'cruising grounds'Celine RyanMay 22, 2018 at 7:50 AM EDT* Tufts University is offering an experimental course this fall titled “Queer Space: Explorations in Art and Architecture†exploring how those concepts have shaped "queer understandings and experiences of space."* According to the syllabus, students will "navigate spaces of queer world-building," including "bathhouses," "nightclubs," and "cruising grounds.... The course will be taught by Jackson Davidow, a PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture department at MIT. Jackson is currently working on a dissertation titled Viral Visions: Art, Epidemiology, and Spatial Practices in the Global AIDS Pandemic, which he touts as “the first transnational history of artistic and activist responses to HIV/AIDS.†...“Beyond ruminating on queer spatial aesthetics and form,†he adds, “we will navigate spaces of queer world-making (e.g. bathhouses, nightclubs, cruising grounds, alternative art venues, domestic settings, archives, memorials, the Internet), as well as spaces of queer appropriation (e.g. museums, campuses, streets, cityscapes, environments, borderlines).â€â€œWe will also explore the queer dimensions of space in relation to spatialized concepts of diaspora, (de)-colonization, globalization, gentrification, and climate change,†the description concludes, noting that students will “have the opportunity to create an artwork or exhibition proposal†as part of their coursework. ...