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? Drawing on lessons from historical organizing practices of BIPOC, immigrant, queer, trans and disabled communities, 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 3000-level seminars deepen students’ knowledge of the fundamental theoretical and political questions regarding the social construction of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class from both domestic and global perspectives. The seminars utilize decolonial, transnational and intersectional approaches for producing knowledge about resistance, power, oppression, and systems of knowledge from the interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies: Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x and Latino /a/x studies, Women’ studies, border studies, cultural studies, and global racialized and global silenced communities. Courses can be in-person, hybrid, or online.

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