Intersectionality: Theory, Method, and Praxis

3 units

This graduate-level seminar course draws on sociological research, while also drawing on other disciplines and texts by activists themselves. Students will consider intersectionality theory and its application and travel to various spaces including online. In what ways does intersectionality require critical race analysis? In what ways does intersectionality differ on the page as compared to embodied spaces such as social movements? Throughout the course, students will be attentive to the (seeming) tension between intersectionality as a theoretical tool and intersectionality as praxis. In addition to discussion of theory building and content, students will consider the politics of research and how these issues relate to students' own projects. To that end, students will practice a range of learning modalities. Prerequisite: graduate standing.