{"id":27041,"date":"2025-10-07T19:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/?page_id=27041"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:37:39","slug":"visualizing-place-representations-of-seattle-pnw-in-popular-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/first-year\/discovery-core\/winter-dcx\/visualizing-place-representations-of-seattle-pnw-in-popular-media","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing Place: Representations of Seattle\/PNW in Popular Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/AH-with-purple.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25068\" style=\"width:100px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-large\">A Discovery Core Experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May be taken as <strong>BCORE 117<\/strong> (Arts &amp; Humanities)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About This Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This course examines the portrayal of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest (PNW) in various forms of popular media, including film, television, literature, music, and digital platforms. Students will explore how these representations influence and reflect cultural, social, and environmental understandings of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Will We Be Doing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a combination of media screenings, readings, discussions, and assignments, students will critically examine how place is visualized and its effects on audience perceptions. The course covers a range of genres and media types to survey the PNW&#8217;s depiction in popular culture. Students will gain a nuanced understanding of how Seattle and the PNW are represented across different media and the broader implications of these portrayals on regional and cultural identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor Samuel Yum (He\/him\/his)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>School of Interdisciplinary Arts &amp; Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/04\/uwb-aa-empty-headshot-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27410 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/04\/uwb-aa-empty-headshot-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/04\/uwb-aa-empty-headshot-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/04\/uwb-aa-empty-headshot-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/04\/uwb-aa-empty-headshot-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/04\/uwb-aa-empty-headshot.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Professor Yum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TEACHING<\/strong>: Advanced Media Production Workshop-Visual Storytelling, Working with Video, Media and Communications Techniques, Hollywood Cinema and Genres, History of American Documentary Film, Introduction to Film Narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>M.A., Museology, University of Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., Anthropology, Columbia University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A., Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:yums@uw.edu\">yums@uw.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Office<\/strong>: UW1-391<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Discovery Core Experience May be taken as BCORE 117 (Arts &amp; Humanities) About This Course This course examines the portrayal of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest (PNW) in various forms of popular media, including film, television, literature, music, and digital platforms. 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