There is a new program at UNC Chapel Hill integrating the arts, technology, and entrepreneurship. The curriculum follows the strcutre of a hero's journey. During the semester, students will tell their story - they are the hero entrepreneurs on a modern, and simultaneously classic, mythic journey. Passion is their guide and realized dreams their destination. This course is part of the larger cultural integration of creative expression, business, and technology now emerging with increased speed. More of these programs are popping up in more mainstream institutions all the time, further contributing to a society where creative and inspired work is the norm, not the exception.
Artistic Entrepreneurship & Technology 101
Make your passion your profession...This class is where the arts & sciences walk hand-in-hand...The class's structure will be based on classical story elements as outlined in Aristotle's Poetics and Joseph Campbell's Hero With a Thousand Faces. The independent projects will be adventures akin to Campbell's "Hero's Journey," wherein students will become protagonists as artists and entrepreneurs attempting to realize their dream by launching a successful venture. Along the way students will encounter antagonists and pitfalls, but these shall be overcome by the end of the semester, when students will present their artistic ventures...Every work of art tells a story, and behind that work of art is another parallel story--the business of its creation, promotion, and distribution
The Structure of the Journey: Departure - The Call to Adventure - Refusal of the Call - Supernatural Aid - The Crossing of the First Threshold - The Belly of the Whale - The Road of Trials - The Meeting with the Goddess - Temptation - Atonement with the Father - Apotheosis - The Ultimate Boon - Return - Refusal of the Return - The Magic Flight - Rescue from Without - Crossing of the Return Threshold - Master of Two Worlds - Freedom to Live
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