Paper Title
Intersecting Places: Navigating Spaces of Body Politics on Campus and Community
Moderator
Allison Gibson, Winthrop University
Location
Room 214, West Center
Start Date
2-4-2016 9:00 AM
End Date
2-4-2016 10:15 AM
Abstract
Building from historicized conversations about body and identity politics and moving beyond gender, race, and class, this panel examines local—campus and community—trends and concerns regarding cultural appropriation, identity, and intersectionality in relation to hair, religious affiliation, and activism. We utilize qualitative methods to separately examine the ways in which our local/regional spaces influence opportunities and expectations of “hair politics” and religious experiences (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist), and the ways in which these spaces influence who and how we take action to create change. What are the urban and more rural influences on these issues? In what ways does a feminist analysis shape conversations about intersectional body politics? How can we, as feminists, understand the intersectionality of these issues in relation to our own identities and share these stories? How does student research into these issues influence campus and community-based activism and collaborations?
Please click the links below to view more information about each presentation. “(Re)Centering Activism: Agency, Action, and Change at Community Colleges”
Jill Adams, Jefferson Community & Technical College – Louisville
“Race, Place, Religion: Exploring Faith-Based Intersectionality in Louisville and Southern Indiana”
Rachel Johansen, Indiana University-Southeast
“Identity Through and Beyond Our Hair: The Complicated Intersections of Self and Culture(s)”
Rachael M. Eldridge, Jefferson Community & Technical College – Louisville
“The Body as a Site of Intersection: Religious, Political, and Oedipal Conflict”
Rachel Zlatkin, Northern Kentucky University
Intersecting Places: Navigating Spaces of Body Politics on Campus and Community
Room 214, West Center
Building from historicized conversations about body and identity politics and moving beyond gender, race, and class, this panel examines local—campus and community—trends and concerns regarding cultural appropriation, identity, and intersectionality in relation to hair, religious affiliation, and activism. We utilize qualitative methods to separately examine the ways in which our local/regional spaces influence opportunities and expectations of “hair politics” and religious experiences (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist), and the ways in which these spaces influence who and how we take action to create change. What are the urban and more rural influences on these issues? In what ways does a feminist analysis shape conversations about intersectional body politics? How can we, as feminists, understand the intersectionality of these issues in relation to our own identities and share these stories? How does student research into these issues influence campus and community-based activism and collaborations?
Please click the links below to view more information about each presentation. “(Re)Centering Activism: Agency, Action, and Change at Community Colleges”
Jill Adams, Jefferson Community & Technical College – Louisville
“Race, Place, Religion: Exploring Faith-Based Intersectionality in Louisville and Southern Indiana”
Rachel Johansen, Indiana University-Southeast
“Identity Through and Beyond Our Hair: The Complicated Intersections of Self and Culture(s)”
Rachael M. Eldridge, Jefferson Community & Technical College – Louisville
“The Body as a Site of Intersection: Religious, Political, and Oedipal Conflict”
Rachel Zlatkin, Northern Kentucky University
