In this video, Illuminations artists and distinguished UC Berkeley faculty explore the tension between the American Dream and current culture wars (defined as conflicts between different social groups aiming to impose their ideological/political beliefs on others) resulting from polarizing values and beliefs across the United States. In questioning some of the tenets underlying the American Dream, many argue that what would qualify as the American Dream for some is deemed as the American Nightmare for others, depending on one’s race, gender, religion or sexual orientation; those very identity markers are key points of focus in the ever-increasing social polarization we are experiencing today.
0:00 - Racial Profiling: The Self-fulfilling Prophecy
1:17 - On the Question of Progress
9:44 - The American Dream
This video features Arlie Hochschild, PhD, Professor Emerita of Sociology; Jack Glaser, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean at Goldman School of Public Policy; Dacher Keltner, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Faculty Director of the Greater Good Science Center; Patrice Douglass, PhD, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies; Erwin Chemerinsky, JD, Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean of Berkeley Law; Jodi Halpern, MD, PhD, Chancellor’s Chair and Professor of Bioethics; and Greig Sargeant and John Collins of Elevator Repair Service.
For more on our 2023-24 season and our Illuminations programming visit the following link: bit.ly/3E1C2xS.
Credits:
Producer & Co-Director: Mina Girgis
Co-Director & Editor: Lindsay Gauthier
Directors of Photography: Heath Orchard, Avery Hudson, Ethan Indorf
1st Assistant Cameras: Jared Tabayoyon, Aja Pilapil
Special thanks to the UC Berkeley Library for hosting faculty video interviews.
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28 июл 2024
