Last week we finished off “Whiteness: an Introduction” with the idea of ‘passing’. What does it mean for a person or group of people ‘pass’ in a white society? This question made me ask more questions, how does one pass in the United States and country that prides itself on being the Land of the Free …
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Local Learning
We had the morning after our 5-day field trip off to sleep in for the first time since class started, but we were right back at it in afternoon, with a little day trip to the Manitou are to practice our new knowledge of sedimentary rock formations. We learned how different formations give …
Volcanoes, Mapping, and Gold-Mining
Monday morning we were still very full from the game of yum-yum I described in the last post. We packed up camp and had a class on extrusive igneous rock (a.k.a. VOLCANOES). We then stopped by an outcrop that had tons of different rock types: I only wrote down observations for seven but there were …
Question Yourself
Heidi always starts the week off with a movie. This Monday we watched Making Whiteness Visible a film which starred many white whiteness activists sharing their personal narratives. After the movie we, as a class, discussed our thoughts on the film. Something mentioned was that it seems like all the activists in the film had …
So It Begins
Class started Thursday and in the afternoon we had our first day trip – to Monument Creek, which runs next to CC, where we learned how to apply the scientific process in geology by observing and sketching a rock outcrop running across the riverbed. Discussing and analyzing as a group we found it to …
What is Whiteness?
You might be asking, “what is whiteness”? This is a totally legitimate question and one that we as a class are trying to unravel throughout this block. Thursday was the first day of C block (which has really thrown off my week) it was filled with introductions of ourselves and the class, pretty typical for …
GS 554 — Contemporary Issues: Personal Experiences of Ascent and Immersion
Here are some resources that came up in class today: www.amazwi-voicesofwomen.com — Go to Archive www.cas.org.za — Go to Gallery, Pick Theme www.lesleenelson.com — Go to Memory Cloths www.artisthelp.wisc.edu www.veteranprintproject.com
GS 554 — Coming of Age in America: Contemporary Issues (Continued)
Explore Roberto Rivera’s www.thegoodlifeorganization.com. Questions of Application: What do we do with the ideas that have come up over the course of the institute? How do we apply our understanding in our specific schools and classrooms? Useful Notions: Ascent and Immersion Borders Double Consciousness Tension Between Stereotype and “Reality” Post-Colonialism Call and Response Philosophical Questions: …
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GS 554 — Coming of Age in America: Contemporary Issues
Our discussion today began with the following texts: In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason, and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Themes: The lasting and growing impact of war on our youth and their experience. Questions: How can we foster a meaningful and nuanced understanding of issues related to war without relying on cliches …
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questions about racism
Before The Tempest, Grace and I decided to go to a cafe in Camden to have lunch and work until the production started. We were the most productive that either of us had been the entire trip and enjoyed the best hot chocolate so far. This positive experience was tainted, however, while we were walking …
