Featured FIGs: Tomato Tomäto, Urban Garden, and Vamos la Brasil

These three featured FIGS are part of the broader FIG offerings for fall of 2016. To see the full list please visit the Finding the FIG For You page.

 

Tomato-Tomäto explores social and linguistics aspects of personal identity in a community that asks hard questions about the (lack of) factual basis of many popular beliefs about people.

This FIG looks at urban agriculture in the context of both the designed and natural environment, using the campus urban farm as a living laboratory.

Introduces students to the history and current-day cultural products and practices of the largest Portuguese-speaking nation, Brazil. Topics include Carnival, soccer, popular music forms, modern architecture and economy.