Loneliness: Art, Psychology, Society [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | Fridays January 24 - February 21 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Even before the COVID pandemic forced us into social isolation, researchers had been deeply concerned about the ongoing pandemic of loneliness across North America and Europe. According to one survey, as many as half of all Americans say they sometimes or always feel lonely or that no one knows them well. And as the coldest, darkest season of the year approaches, we are entering a time when many people feel acutely aware of their loneliness. Is widespread cultural loneliness a new phenomenon, and is it getting worse? Why are some people lonelier than others? And why do some people feel existentially lonely, as though loneliness is a core part of who they are? Across this course, we’ll ask these philosophical and cultural questions. We will also study how structures of oppression such as racism and ableism enforce loneliness, both ideologically and in terms of the built environment, through single family homes, redlining, and inaccessible buildings.
Together, we’ll try to figure out who benefits from our loneliness and what we can do about it. Importantly, we’ll consider what language has to tell us about loneliness, and how writers have used language in response to their own feelings of isolation and disconnection. Is writing about loneliness connective? Or does it magnify one’s sense of being alone? What is the difference between loneliness and solitude? How do structural forces of race, class, and gender affect our capacity to feel connected? While this is not a writing workshop course, we will do some writing to process our feelings and findings. Use this opportunity to meet new people at the bar, and imagine new forms of friendship, comradeship, and collectivity.
Readings will be drawn from authors such as: Claudia Rankine, Ashon Crawley, Michael Cobb, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, and Fay Bound Alberti, among others.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | Fridays January 24 - February 21 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Even before the COVID pandemic forced us into social isolation, researchers had been deeply concerned about the ongoing pandemic of loneliness across North America and Europe. According to one survey, as many as half of all Americans say they sometimes or always feel lonely or that no one knows them well. And as the coldest, darkest season of the year approaches, we are entering a time when many people feel acutely aware of their loneliness. Is widespread cultural loneliness a new phenomenon, and is it getting worse? Why are some people lonelier than others? And why do some people feel existentially lonely, as though loneliness is a core part of who they are? Across this course, we’ll ask these philosophical and cultural questions. We will also study how structures of oppression such as racism and ableism enforce loneliness, both ideologically and in terms of the built environment, through single family homes, redlining, and inaccessible buildings.
Together, we’ll try to figure out who benefits from our loneliness and what we can do about it. Importantly, we’ll consider what language has to tell us about loneliness, and how writers have used language in response to their own feelings of isolation and disconnection. Is writing about loneliness connective? Or does it magnify one’s sense of being alone? What is the difference between loneliness and solitude? How do structural forces of race, class, and gender affect our capacity to feel connected? While this is not a writing workshop course, we will do some writing to process our feelings and findings. Use this opportunity to meet new people at the bar, and imagine new forms of friendship, comradeship, and collectivity.
Readings will be drawn from authors such as: Claudia Rankine, Ashon Crawley, Michael Cobb, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, and Fay Bound Alberti, among others.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | Fridays January 24 - February 21 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Even before the COVID pandemic forced us into social isolation, researchers had been deeply concerned about the ongoing pandemic of loneliness across North America and Europe. According to one survey, as many as half of all Americans say they sometimes or always feel lonely or that no one knows them well. And as the coldest, darkest season of the year approaches, we are entering a time when many people feel acutely aware of their loneliness. Is widespread cultural loneliness a new phenomenon, and is it getting worse? Why are some people lonelier than others? And why do some people feel existentially lonely, as though loneliness is a core part of who they are? Across this course, we’ll ask these philosophical and cultural questions. We will also study how structures of oppression such as racism and ableism enforce loneliness, both ideologically and in terms of the built environment, through single family homes, redlining, and inaccessible buildings.
Together, we’ll try to figure out who benefits from our loneliness and what we can do about it. Importantly, we’ll consider what language has to tell us about loneliness, and how writers have used language in response to their own feelings of isolation and disconnection. Is writing about loneliness connective? Or does it magnify one’s sense of being alone? What is the difference between loneliness and solitude? How do structural forces of race, class, and gender affect our capacity to feel connected? While this is not a writing workshop course, we will do some writing to process our feelings and findings. Use this opportunity to meet new people at the bar, and imagine new forms of friendship, comradeship, and collectivity.
Readings will be drawn from authors such as: Claudia Rankine, Ashon Crawley, Michael Cobb, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, and Fay Bound Alberti, among others.
—
This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.