ARTSVIS 232S · also DOCST 230S, PHOTO 230S, PUBPOL 389S, VMS 224S
Small Town USA: Local Collaborations
Susie Post-Rust
Description from DukeHub
Theory and practice of documentary photography in a small-town context. Students working in collaboration with one nearby small town complete a documentary photographic study of one individual or group within that town. Includes analysis of the documentary tradition, particularly as it relates to locally situated work and to selected individual projects; building visual narrative, developing honest relationships with subjects, responsibility to subjects and their communities, and engaging with and portraying a community as an outsider. Photo elicitation and editing techniques. Required participation in service-learning.
Skills
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "collaborations"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "photography"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 8 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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