WMGST-256 Feminist Approaches to Community Building
Addresses questions like what it means to be in, practice, and/or build community from decolonial, Black feminist, Indigenous, Latinx, and abolitionist perspectives, by tackling theories of identity, intersectionality, and embodiment. A consideration of the challenges of building bridges across difference through empathy, faithful witnessing, differential consciousness, mutual aid, and transformative justice. Students will be encouraged to treat the class as a practicum in which they can experiment as well as wrestle with course material. Assignments will include introspective journaling, reflection memos, leading class, and a collaborative, group-led final project. May be taken/linked with Transnational Feminist Movements.
Proseminar (16)
Credits
1
Notes
Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to treat the class as a practicum in which they can experiment as well as wrestle with course material. Assignments will include introspective journaling, reflection memos, leading class, and a collaborative, group-led final project. May be taken/linked with Transnational Feminist Movements.