PHI 200 - The Philosophy of Home/Homelessness (SYS) (1)

This course will engage three core questions. What is home? What kind of “place” is it? How, exactly, does “home” construct and deconstruct identities such as “family,” “neighbor,” “host,” “guest,” “friend,” “stranger,” “foreigner,” and “homeless”? Exploring the relationship between these three questions will enable students to confront some of the most interesting tensions and juxtapositions built into meanings of “home” and “homelessness.” In collaboration with local homelessness outreach programs, students will acquire a multidisciplinary and “on the ground” perspective on the social problem and existential condition of homelessness in Iowa and other parts of the world, at this time, and historically Only open to sophomores.
(Sophomore Year Seminar (SYS)) (Humanities)