ETHSM-2000-6: Collective Practices and Resistance
Spring 2026
- Subject: Critical Ethnic Studies - Seminar
- Type: Seminar
- Delivery Mode: In-Person
- Level: Undergraduate
- Course Dates: January 20, 2026 — May 11, 2026
- Meetings: Thu 6:30-09:00PM, Main Bldg - 103
- Instructor: Valencia James
- Units: 3.0
- Enrolled: 3/18
Description:
How are contemporary artists using their creative work to gather momentum for freedom struggles throughout the United States, and beyond? Is there a place in our current political climate for creative critique by systematically marginalized voices? This class will explore how collective practices by artists on the frontlines of creative engagement are transforming our relationships with power, identity, and voice. Critical Ethnic Studies 2000-level seminars introduce students to the complexities and nuances of intersectionality, gender, disability, decolonial theory & philosophy, in imperialist and non-imperialist societies. 2000-level seminars may incorporate one or more of the following interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies: Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x, and Latino /a/x studies, border studies, cultural studies, critical disability studies, critical gender studies, and global racialized and global silenced communities. Courses can be in-person, hybrid, or online.
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