# ARTHIST 102: Seeing Through Conspiracy Theories | UW–Madison

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### title

SEEING THROUGH CONSPIRACY THEORIES

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Fake news is not a new problem. In taking on this ongoing issue, we begin before living memory (to avoid the deadening effect of feedback loops within today's media world), with a focus on the visual and built environment. How do conspiracy theories work? Do they fall into patterns? How can we recognize them? If they are empowering, how should we think about that? Visual material plays a special role in the reinforcement of conspiracy theories. Case studies around the world, from the Egyptian pyramids to the birth of "modern" art in the twentieth century, center on ways in which an evidence-based account of the making of an artwork or architectural site has been replaced by a (usually more interesting) story about its true, hidden nature. This story usually purports to reveal the "conspiracy" of an empowered institution or group to keep the truth away from average people. Of course, the reality is often much simpler and the dynamics of power more complex.

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ARTHIST 102 examines how visual and built environments reinforce conspiracy theories through case studies from ancient to modern contexts.

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* Global case studies including ancient and modern art/architecture
* Power dynamics and institutional influence

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* Recognizing patterns in conspiracy theories and visual misinformation
* Analyzing the contrast between evidence-based accounts and alternative narratives

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