Presenter:
Jessica Wheeler
Jessica Anne Wheeler will focus on bridging theory and practice in the discussion of racism. Her project will move from theory (positionality as used by Linda Alcoff, with discussions of her work and the work of Henry Louis Gates), as well as the essays by Tim Wise, to a in-depth examination of her own failures to overcome racism and her day-to-day efforts to "re-contextualize" herself in order to approach understanding of actions and reactions as a result of racism. Although not explicitly a workshop, she hopes to outline a series of steps she continually take each day in order to combat her own upbringing, and offer tips on how participants can work towards their own "re-contextualization."
start time:
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:20am
end time:
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:35pm
