DANCE 191CNS · also ETHICS 191CNS
Embodiment, Systems, and the Imagination of Relational Possibilities
Michael Klien
Description from DukeHub
What if politics is not just 'out there' in institutions and laws but something we live, embody, and shape in every moment? This course invites you to rethink politics as a creative, relational force, a constantly shifting system of human ordering that is contingent, artificial, and open to reinvention. Combining embodied practices, speculative thought, and theory, this seminar explores how socio-political ideologies inscribe themselves in our bodies and behaviors. Through play, experimentation, and reflection, we will design and deconstruct systems, examine individual agency within larger frameworks, and imagine new relational possibilities. Accessible to all, the course welcomes participants willing to engage in embodied inquiry.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "laws"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 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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