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• Commented on Writing Process Reflection
  I really love how you are using this project as a way to think through where you stand at this moment as a feminist. I think that's awesome-ly vulnerable and necessary and I totally agree that at some point, we...
• Commented on Writing Process Reflection
  Senioritis!!! That's so real. But just think how far we've come. From those crappy papers in Kenya to the work we produced this year. I think you've done an awesome job putting together all the craziness of this year and...
• Posted Writing Process Reflection to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  My entire year, especially this semester, has been consumed with this project. I have a tumultuous relationship with writing and my final "product" is significantly different than what I originally set out to create. That said, I think the process...
• Commented on Introduction!
  This is really coming along great! I'm so excited to hear about your survey responses too. Since we're always talking about Z's class...we had an interesting conversation yesterday about the labors of the body and I think that might be...
• Commented on Intro/Outline Assignment
  Oh awkward...haha. I was kind of pulling things together for my intro and I guess I need to consider how the workshops took a different spin in practice then they did in theory. I think race and gender came up...
• Commented on Annotated Outline
  You are basically blowing my mind with your brilliance right now, just so you know. This is truly amazing. I am loving how it's coming together and it seems like you have such a wide variety of voices, artistic forms,...
• Posted Intro/Outline Assignment to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  This is the introduction to my workshop chapter. I am still developing an introductory chapter for the whole project but this is the section I turned in today...so here it is. In an effort to continue structuring my explorations of...
• Commented on Thesis statement and Theoretical Approach
  Wow. That's all I can say. I know you mentioned in class that you were worried about your writing not being theoretical enough. I think you can breathe on that because it's totally brilliant. Your passion for your work, community,...
• Commented on thesis statement
  I'm not sure if it will be helpful at all but the film I was talking about in class is called Tales of the Night Fairies. It is a documentary about the Durbar Women's Collaborative Committee working in Shonagachi red...
• Posted Thesis Statement to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  Thesis Statement: As a project of educated hope, I will be exploring the processes of reintroducing bodies in the classroom through the articulation of a praxis for pedagogies of inter-being, in order to consider the possibilities for liberatory, decolonizing approaches...
• Posted Shine to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  shine3.wav this is a recording of a piece i wrote exploring a moment/realization that continues to inform me about my position, especially within the American academy and influences my current research. the recording volume is pretty low so you'll probably...
• Commented on Annotated Bibliography (4 Sources)
  I think your sources are looking really great. I love how you are looking for alternatives to "traditional" scholarship with the blogs and personal accounts. I think those sources/styles will be helpful in thinking about your own research methods and...
• Posted Annotated Bibliography (Round 3: 3 Entries) to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  Ochoa, Gilda L. and Pineda, Daniela. "Deconstructing Power, Privilege, and Silence in the Classroom." Radical History Review. 102. (Fall 2008). In this essay, Ochoa and Pineda discuss practical approaches to talking about race, gender, and class through a critical pedagogy....
• Posted Annotated Bibliography (Round 2: 4 Entries) to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  Adams, Maurianne, et al. ed. Teaching for Social Justice. Routledge. New York, 1997. This text is a compilation of writings about the theoretical foundations of social justice education and suggested curriculum designs focusing on various oppressions. They outline learning models...
• Posted Annotated Bibliography (Round 1: 3 Entries) to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  Boal, Augusto. Theatre of the Oppressed. Theatre Communications Group. New York, 1985. Theatre of the Oppressed is an ongoing project, originating in South America, which uses theatre exercises to encourage a participatory environment in a community and seeks to reveal...
• Posted List of References to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  Adams, Maurianne, et al. ed. Teaching for Social Justice. Routledge. New York, 1997. Berenice, Fisher. No Angel in the Classroom. Rowman and Littlefield Publisher's Inc. Maryland, 2001. Boal, Augusto. Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Second Edition. Routledge. New York, 2002....
• Commented on Project Description: Sin.dicate
  This sounds like such a great idea! I'm interested in what kind of workshops you are thinking about setting up. Who would be a part of these and what might they address? It might be cool to use the workshops...
• Commented on 2. Project Description
  I'm really excited for you to keep working on this project. I always loved when you shared your research while we were in Kenya and I think this semester is going to be a great opportunity to take it further....
• Posted Project Description: The Politics of Race in the Classroom and the Possibilities of Embodied Knowledges to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  For my project I am working to connect my research on embodied pedagogies and inter-ethnic education in Kenya with my current explorations of the politics of the University classroom. I will work with the ideas of Paulo Freire, bell hooks,...