Paper Title
Struggling Together: the Benefits of Interdisciplinary Classes for Learning Intersectional Approaches
Location
Room 223, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)
Keywords
Intersectional Theory; Pedagogy; Collaboration; Interdisciplinarity; Methodology; Praxis;
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
March 2016
Abstract
This round table talk will bring together a diverse group of graduate students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who have recently completed a course on Intersectionality. Discussants come from the School of Public Health, the School of Social Work, Art History, English and Comparative Literature, Communication, and Mathematics. Together we will discuss how we have come to think about intersectionality as a research framework, a method, and as praxis including social justice work and institutional transformation. We will attend to the ways our thinking is shaped by our disciplinary locations and potential barriers to performing intersectional work as graduate students. Most importantly, we will talk about what we perceive as the benefits of learning about and studying intersectionality in an interdisciplinary environment both pedagogically and as a platform for building community across campus.
Struggling Together: the Benefits of Interdisciplinary Classes for Learning Intersectional Approaches
Room 223, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)
This round table talk will bring together a diverse group of graduate students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who have recently completed a course on Intersectionality. Discussants come from the School of Public Health, the School of Social Work, Art History, English and Comparative Literature, Communication, and Mathematics. Together we will discuss how we have come to think about intersectionality as a research framework, a method, and as praxis including social justice work and institutional transformation. We will attend to the ways our thinking is shaped by our disciplinary locations and potential barriers to performing intersectional work as graduate students. Most importantly, we will talk about what we perceive as the benefits of learning about and studying intersectionality in an interdisciplinary environment both pedagogically and as a platform for building community across campus.
Comments
Please note this is a round table talk not a four paper panel. This is conceptualized as a discussion around the topic but it will be a planned discussion with time for discussion with the audience. There are more than four discussants but the planned discussion will be organized to fit the timeframe of the panel.
List of Discussants:
Francesca Bernardi, Dept. of Mathematics
Anna Dardick, Dept. of Health Behavior, School of Public Health
Laurie Graham, School of Social Work
Gale Greenlee, Dept. of English and Comparative Literature
Kelsey Martin, Dept. of Art History
Ashley Mattheis, Dept. of Communication
Kashika Sahay, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Round Table Talk Proposal