ARTS

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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A beginning drawing course for students who are interested in developing their skills in drawing from nature, to better see and understand their surroundings. Class material covers line, form, dimension, value, perspective, and space using a variety of drawing materials. Subject matter includes specimens, plant forms, and the landscape. Students will use a portable sketchbook, and classes during the second part of the term are primarily outside. Locations include the Arb and field trips; access to these sites does include walking on unpaved paths and uneven terrain. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025, Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: ARTS 2-D Emphasis CL: 100 level ENTS Society, Culture and Policy Faculty: Eleanor Jensen

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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The ability to build structures that reflect or alter the environment is a basic defining characteristic of our species. In this class we explore creative construction in three dimensions using a variety of media, including plaster, wood, and steel. Using both natural and architectural objects for inspiration, we will examine and manipulate form, space, and expressive content to develop a deeper understanding of this core trait and reawaken our experience of the spaces we inhabit. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025, Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: ARTS 3-D Emphasis CL: 100 level Faculty: Stephen Mohring

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This 3D foundations course will engage students in learning to articulate and dissect the elements of three-dimensional design. Using metal, wire, clay, wood and found objects, students will construct and fabricate three dimensional objects while developing an understanding of visual language and its power to tell a story or convey a message. 3D modeling software will be explored as a way to conceptualize ideas before creating them in physical media. Students will study examples of historical and contemporary artists and designers to provide context for their projects. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Winter 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: ARTS 3-D Emphasis CL: 100 level Faculty: Danny Saathoff

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course is an introduction to wheel throwing and handbuilding as primary methods of construction for both functional and non-functional ceramic forms. An understanding of ceramic history and technical skills are achieved through studio practice, readings, and demonstrations. Emphasis is placed on the development of strong three-dimensional forms as well as the relationship of form to surface. Coursework includes a variety of firing techniques and development of surface design. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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In this course students explore photography as a means of understanding and interacting with both the world and the inner self. We will emphasize a balance of technical skills, exploration of personal vision, and development of critical thinking and vocabulary relating to photography. Beginning students will learn how to use analogue and digital cameras, to use basic studio lighting equipment, and to print their own photographic work. Additionally, students will learn to develop a portfolio as an ongoing process that requires informed and critical decision making to assemble a body of work. Collectively we will critique, analyze, give feedback on work, and discuss readings that are pertinent to the production of images in contemporary times. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: CL: 100 level ARTS 2-D Emphasis Faculty: Xavier Tavera Castro

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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With books we understand, in a contained object, specific qualities that an author conveys through composition, sequence, and information in an art form. Students will balance the cultivation of technical skills with exploration of personal vision in the creation and conceptualization of a series of books taking into consideration the diverse students’ disciplines. The class incorporates both digital and analog book technologies. We will analyze an array of publications from classical to contemporary artist book, the journal, the fanzine, the comic book, the pulp, and the pamphlet. We will pay special attention to the conceptual space of the book, sequencing and layout of images, production, materials and distribution of books. Topics include the discussion of the decline and resurgence of the physical book, the poetics of the books, the book as metaphor, the conceptual space of the book, and books as narrative and non-narrative sequences. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: CL: 100 level

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ARTS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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A basic course in metal design and fabrication of primarily jewelry forms and functional objects. Specific instruction will be given in developing the skills of forming, joining, and surface enrichment to achieve complex metal pieces. Students will learn to render two-dimensional drawings while exploring three- dimensional design concepts. The course examines how jewelry forms relate to the human body. Found materials will be used in addition to traditional metals including copper, brass, and silver. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: ARTS 3-D Emphasis CL: 100 level Faculty: Danny Saathoff

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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Understanding the basic techniques of drawing the human form is fundamental to an art education and is the emphasis of this class. Humans have been engaged in the act of self-representation since the beginning of time. The relationship artists have had with drawing the human body is complex and has been the subject of religious, philosophical and personal investigation for centuries. Concentrating on representational drawing techniques we will explore a variety of media and materials. Supplemented by lectures, readings and critiques, students will develop an understanding of both contemporary and historical approaches to drawing the human form. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice ARTS 114 or ARTS 142 with grade of C- or better or received a score of 110 on the Carleton Arts Requisite Equivalency exam. Tags: ARTS 2-D Emphasis CL: 200 level Faculty: Soren Hope

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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2025-26)

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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In this hands-on course, taught (in an art studio) by a sculpture professor and computer science professor, we'll explore and create interactive three dimensional art. Using basic construction techniques, microprocessors, and programming, we bring together sculpture, engineering, computer science, and aesthetic design. Students engage the nuts and bolts of fabrication, learn to program microcontrollers, and study the design of interactive constructions. Additionally, students will deliver technical presentations describing their work and receive feedback for improvement. Collaborative labs and individual projects culminate in a campus-wide exhibition. No prior building experience is required. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning better or a score of 4 or better on the Computer Science A AP exam or received a score of 111 on the Carleton Computer Science Requisite Equivalency exam. Not open to students who have taken CS 232 or CS 220. Tags: ARTS 3-D Emphasis CL: 200 level CS Junior Seminar Elective CS Major Electives ARTS Pertinent DGAH Cross Disciplinary Collaboration Faculty: Stephen Mohring · David Musicant

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course is focused on the creative possibilities of the pottery wheel as a means to create utilitarian objects. Students are challenged to explore conceptual ideas while maintaining a dedication to function. An understanding of aesthetic values and technical skills are achieved through studio practice, readings, and demonstrations. Basic glaze and clay calculations, high fire and wood kiln firing techniques, and a significant civic engagement component, known as the Empty Bowls Project, are included in the course. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice a grade of C- or better. Tags: ACE Applied ARTS 3-D Emphasis CL: 200 level Faculty: Kelly Connole

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course is an introduction to the figurative and narrative potential of clay as a sculptural medium. Through hands-on demonstrations, lectures, readings, and assignments students will develop an understanding of both contemporary and historical approaches to forming the human figure in clay. The relationship artists have with the human body is complex and has been the subject of religious, philosophical and personal investigation for centuries. This course will analyze this relationship while developing technical skills in construction and firing techniques specific to ceramics. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Winter 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice a grade of C- or better. Tags: ARTS 3-D Emphasis CL: 200 level ARTH Other Electives Faculty: Kelly Connole

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ARTS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s): ARTS 122 or ARTS 130 with

Students will learn techniques used by Japanese potters, and those from around the world, to make vessels associated with the production and consumption of tea. Both handbuilding and wheel throwing processes will be explored throughout the term. We will investigate how Japanese pottery traditions, especially the Mingei “arts of the people” movement of the 1920s, have influenced contemporary ceramics practice in the United States and how cultural appropriation impacts arts practice. Special attention will be paid to the use of local materials from Carleton’s Arboretum as well as wood firing and traditional raku processes. Requires concurrent registration in ARTH 266. Offered: Fall 2025 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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In this course we will explore image making beyond the still photographic image. Students will investigate the possibilities of construction and manipulation of photographic images using various camera and darkroom methods including sequence, multiples, narrative, installation and book formats, marking and altering photographic surfaces, using applied color, and toning both in-camera and manually. Special attention will be put into display and installation of the work produced.

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course focuses on lost wax casting, 3D modeling and printing, and stone setting as methods to create jewelry and small sculptural objects in bronze and silver. Specific instruction will be given in the proper use of tools, torches, and other equipment, wax carving, and general metalsmithing techniques. Through the use of 3D modeling software and 3D printing, new technologies will expedite traditional processes allowing for a broad range of metalworking possibilities. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice or better. Tags: ARTS 3-D Emphasis CL: 200 level DGAH Cross Disciplinary Collaboration Faculty: Danny Saathoff

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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The course serves as an introduction to the language of painting. Students develop a facility with the physical tools of painting–brushes, paint and surfaces–as they gain a fluency with the basic formal elements of the discipline–color, form, value, composition and space. Students are also challenged to consider the choices they make in determining the content and ideas expressed in the work, and how to most effectively convey them. Offered: Winter 2026, Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice ARTS 114 with grade of C- or better or received a score of 110 on the Carleton Arts Requisite Equivalency exam. Tags: ARTS 2-D Emphasis CL: 200 level Faculty: David Lefkowitz · Soren Hope

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course will introduce the basics of silkscreen, an art technique used to create everything from t-shirts and band posters to fine art. We will engage with different aspects of this artistic process to generate imagery, including color mixing, layering, combining analogue and digital output, as well as contextualize the historic and contemporary tradition of this art form. This course will emphasize creativity, artistic growth, and technical skill development. Offered: Fall 2025 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice ARTS 114 with grade of C- or better or received a score of 110 on the Carleton Arts Requisite Equivalency exam. Tags: ARTS 2-D Emphasis CL: 200 level Faculty: Amira Pualwan

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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Environment (not offered 2025-26)

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course will emphasize intaglio printmaking, a process that allows for a rich array of mark-making and the creation of multiples. Through the use of different intaglio techniques such as hard ground, aquatint, and drypoint, students will explore and generate imagery with emphasis on experimentation, state proofing / animation, and narrative. Offered: Winter 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice ARTS 114 with grade of C- or better or received a score of 110 on the Carleton Arts

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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Required for the studio major, and strongly recommended for the junior year, this seminar is for student artists considering lives as producers of visual culture. At the core of the course are activities that help build students’ identities as practicing artists. These include the selection and installation of artwork for the Junior Show, a presentation about their own artistic development, and studio projects in media determined by each student that serve as a bridge between media-specific studio art courses and the independent creative work they will undertake as Seniors in Comps. The course will also include reading and discussion about what it means to be an artist today, encounters with visiting artists and trips to exhibition venues in the Twin Cities. Offered: Spring 2026 Grading: S/CR/NC Liberal Arts Requirements: No Exploration Tags: CL: 200 level Faculty: Xavier Tavera Castro

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ARTS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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cdn.carleton.edu

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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cdn.carleton.edu

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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In this course students explore photography as a means of understanding and interacting with both the world and the inner self. We will emphasize a balance of technical skills, exploration of personal vision, and development of critical thinking and vocabulary relating to photography. Advanced students will focus on developing a concise body of work independently through two self-directed longer projects. Instruction includes: use of large format cameras with a hand meter, film scanning, and strobe lighting. Students will learn to develop a portfolio as an ongoing process that requires informed and critical decision making to assemble a body of work. Collectively we will critique, analyze, give feedback on work and discuss readings that are pertinent to the production of images in contemporary times. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice ARTS 244 or ARTS 245 with grade of C- or better. Tags: ARTS 2-D Emphasis CL: 300 level DGAH Critical Ethical Reflection

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course is designed for students who want to explore these 2-D media in greater depth. Students may choose to work exclusively in painting or drawing, or may combine media if they like. Some projects in the course emphasize strengthening students’ facility in traditional uses of each medium, while others are designed to encourage students to challenge assumptions about what a painting or drawing can be. Projects focus on art making as an evolving process and a critical engagement with systems of visual representation. Offered: Fall 2025 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice following courses: ARTS 110, ARTS 113, ARTS 114, ARTS 210, or ARTS 212 with a grade of C- or better. Tags: ARTS 2-D Emphasis CL: 300 level Faculty: David Lefkowitz

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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This course builds upon student’s prior introductory coursework in any printmaking media (Silkscreen, Relief, Intaglio, Risography, or Lithography). We will engage in further technical study in printmaking as well as pursue conceptual engagement in theory and readings relevant to the field. This course will emphasize student-directed learning and the integration of concept and media. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice 276 or ARTS 278 with grade of C- or better. Tags: ARTS 2-D Emphasis CL: 300 level

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ARTS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s): ARTS 273, ARTS 274, ARTS

The integrative exercise for the studio arts major consists of an independent research project involving experimentation, reflection, and deep engagement in the production of a cohesive body of artwork. The comps process is designed to give students the opportunity to develop ideas over the course of a term with close advice and support of the studio faculty and fellow students. Class of 2025 the department highly recommends students take five credits of comps fall or winter term of the senior year and one credit in the spring term of the senior year. Class of 2026 will be required to take five credits of comps fall or winter term of the senior year and one credit in the spring term of senior year.

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ARTS

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2025-2026

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