The Personal is Global: Fostering Student Engagement with Systems of Domination and Resistance

Abstract

This chapter describes a course in recent U.S. history that uses a pedagogy of “praxis” to help students understand themselves as both products of and actors in history. The twin centerpieces of the course are the students’ own personal histories in relation to five systems of domination, and a historically informed political action project that reflects the students’ values, assumptions, and goals in relation to one or more of the systems of domination. A key dissonance for students is between their expressed values and their relative positions within each system of domination.

Citation

Shenk, G. (2017), "The Personal is Global: Fostering Student Engagement with Systems of Domination and Resistance", Engaging Dissonance: Developing Mindful Global Citizenship in Higher Education (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 9), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 209-227. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120170000009011