CHUM 374
Fall 2023 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 374, SOC 280 |
This course will examine some of the analyses of society, social power, and societal reform advanced and practiced by diverse activists who organize their work around the theme of abolition. Inspired by activist efforts to eliminate prisons and policing, abolition is here understood as an attempt to link a worldview that advocates for the disassembly of existing, oppressive social structures combined with efforts to generate new, more liberatory forms of social relationship in the here and now. As a form of activism, abolition thus brings utopian dreams to bear upon concrete practice, seeking to generate new structures of agency and pointing toward ways in which liberal notions of consent occlude deep forms of structural power and implicit constraint. Students will be asked to take on an activist project as part of the course. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CHUM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(FGSS)(HRAD-MN)(SOC) |
Major Readings:
Mutual Aid; Dean Spade
White Reconstruction; Dylan Rodriguez
Decarcerating Disability; Liat Ben-Moshe
Full Surrogacy Now; Lewis
Change Everything; Gilmore
Feminist International; Gago
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly reflections upon the readings (online), one class presentation, one course project, one final paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students should have taken at least one course engaging in social analysis to enroll in this course |
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