WEEK 1

INSTRUCTORS: Aimee Bahng and Abigail Neely

WEEKLY LEARNING GOALS

1. To understand the course format and expectations
2. To interrogate where, how, and under what conditions learning can happen
3. To review the critiques of this course from multiple perspectives
4. To develop beginning familiarity using close analysis, historical context, and theoretical analytics
5. To lay the groundwork for collectivity, black queer feminist praxis, and thinking about how “Black (Intellectual) Lives Matter”

 

READINGS

•  http://blacklivesmatter.com/a-herstory-of-the-blacklivesmatter-movement/
• Read comments from The Dartmouth article: http://thedartmouth.com/2015/02/03/new-blacklivesmatter-class-to-cover-race-violence/
• NYTimes piece, “What’s Wrong with ‘All Lives Matter’?”
  • (George Yancy interview with Judith Butler)
•  Read Patricia Hill Collins, excerpt from Black Feminist Thought.

RECOMMENDED READINGS

We also recommend but do not require you to review the articles below from The D  to familiarize yourselves with the topic of faculty of color recruitment and retention at Dartmouth in particular:

• (2002): http://thedartmouth.com/2002/04/03/minority-faculty-face-unique-challenges-in-obtaining-tenure/ 
• (2013): http://thedartmouth.com/2013/11/14/minority-faculty-retentions-remains-concern-at-college/
• (2013): http://thedartmouth.com/2013/07/19/rickford-to-depart-college-for-cornell/ 
• (2014): http://www.thedartmouth.com/2014/04/15/discussion-hones-in-on-faculty-retention/ 
• (2014): http://thedartmouth.com/2014/11/14/after-hiatus-diversity-council-reforms/ 
• (2015): http://thedartmouth.com/2015/02/12/vice-provost-aims-for-faculty-diversity/