DIVSM-3000-7: Spirituality as Resistance
Fall 2020
- Subject: Diversity Studies - Seminar
- Type: Seminar
- Delivery Mode: Online
- Level: Undergraduate
- Course Dates: September 02, 2020 — December 15, 2020
- Meetings: Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Online - HS-1
- Instructor: Vreni Michelini Castillo
- Units: 3.0
- Enrolled: 13/17 Closed
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Vreni Michelini Castillo
Senior Adjunct, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Senior Adjunct Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Description:
Diversity Studies Seminars are in-depth experiences in the study of multiculturalism and cultural diversity in American society and in societies that have impacted American society. Courses expose students to and inform students about the contributions of African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Latinos to American culture, history, and society.
In this course we will learn about the significance of spirituality through the voices of people of color, people of the Diasporas. We will delve into the philosophies that shaped the conceptual formation of sacred spaces. Understanding the rising of these sensibilities through a cyclical context: from the loci of various Indigenous roots, the last 527 years of incorporating/shedding imposed colonial forces (Genocide, Christianity, Catholicism, Slavery, Patriarchy, Censorship, Capitalism) and braiding diasporic influences (African, Middle Eastern, Asian, Xicanx, Latinx, forthcoming). Our course has two major components, theory and practice, through which we will reflect and act on the importance of spiritual practices within resistance movements permeating the power configurations of the nation/state in the Americas
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