Feminist Transformative Practices in Research: Decolonial, Indigenous, & Intersectional Approaches to Gender/Sex/uality In/Justice
Topic Summary:
This Summer Session aims to develop feminist transformative practices of justice, intersectionality, and decolonization in our research. We will use scholarship and attend to language and interpersonal interactions as a way of healing historical wounds while building affirming and dignifying scholarly relations that reflect new ways of approaching our research. We shall engage decolonial, Indigenous, and intersectional scholarship about gender/sex/uality to demystify systemic oppressions (such as sexism, homophobia, racism and Anti-Blackness, ableism, classism, transphobia, and more), in relation to gender, race, class, ability, sex, sexuality, and justice. This will also help us chart journeys that make visible those who have been made invisible.
See the syllabus here!
Facilitator:
Tushabe wa Tushabe is an associate professor in the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University, Chester, PA. Tushabe does not use gender pronouns. Tushabe's work in research and teaching centers decolonial and intersectional frameworks and practices as processes to heal colonial wounds. Research interests include decolonial and indigenous epistemologies, African traditional religions, gender and sexualities, feminist theory, and women in rural areas. Some of Tushabe’s publications are: Sexual rights in Uganda and the struggle for meaning in community (2017); Memoirs of motherhood: Reflections on pedagogical motherhood in community (2013); and Decolonizing homosexuality in Uganda as a human rights process (2013).
Dates, Times & Structure:
Thursdays 1-3pm EST, June 10th-July 29th, 2021.Meetings will occur on Zoom. Participants will read in advance of each meeting, develop/follow group guidelines, provide reflections (in any format, e.g., written/video/art), discuss materials, reflect on the impact of materials, etc. Please ensure you have time and energy to commit to all meetings, readings in advance of meetings, and discussion (spoken or messaged) during meetings before you apply :)
Cost: Free!
Funded by Dr. Sari van Anders' Canada 150 Research Chair in Social Neuroendocrinology, Sexuality, & Gender/Sex.