The course aims to provide students with an opportunity to explore the interconnections among art, communication, and social change through meaningful, practice-based engagement with local community organizations serving older adults. Specifically, the course provides practical training in using the Japanese poetic form of haiku to facilitate meaningful, intergenerational dialogue in community settings. As a community-engaged practicum, students will learn to design, facilitate, and reflect on haiku sessions with community partners through direct, hands-on engagement. Students across disciplines will learn first-hand how humanities and arts-based activities - like haiku-making - and the conversations they foster can deepen intergenerational understanding and relationships. The course is open to students from all disciplines and levels, encouraging them to bring their diverse academic and personal perspectives into dialogue with community partners through haiku.
2-3 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
The course aims to provide students with an opportunity to explore the interconnections among art, communication, and social change through meaningful, practice-based engagement with local community organizations serving older adults. Specifically, the course provides practical training in using the Japanese poetic form of haiku to facilitate meaningful, intergenerational dialogue in community settings. As a community-engaged practicum, students will learn to design, facilitate, and reflect on haiku sessions with community partners through direct, hands-on engagement. Students across disciplines will learn first-hand how humanities and arts-based activities - like haiku-making - and the conversations they foster can deepen intergenerational understanding and relationships. The course is open to students from all disciplines and levels, encouraging them to bring their diverse academic and personal perspectives into dialogue with community partners through haiku.
Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.