MONDAYS WITH CARMEN KYNARD
Weeks 1&2--- "Undrowned": An Introduction to Core Black Feminist Practices
WELCOME TO WEEK TWO OF CLASS (MONDAY, AUGUST 29) | HTTPS://BIT.LY/TRACING-CK
I.Introductory Icebreakers in Person: 3-Question Interview (with someone you do not know as well or haven't really spoken to in a while)
II. Name Game III. Our First presentation with Caylie (please make sure you have signed up for presentations)
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"Today's Lesson in Why You Should Just Leave Black Women Alone"
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IV. More Discussion/Q&A of Syllabus Zine and Course (click here for PDF w/ Clickable TOC)
IV. TEXT RENDERING of.... Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
V. Small Group Discussions w/ Reporting Back
IV. Open Discussion (if time)
- You have three points of entry: hardcopy (available for pick-up on Wednesday), this website, and D2L
- Make note of the site password! Please do NOT give the password to anyone other than those in this classroom!
- Here is the link for where you can find next week's reading.
IV. TEXT RENDERING of.... Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
V. Small Group Discussions w/ Reporting Back
- Choose a facilitator today who will take notes and present back what your groups said. Please remember that you are reporting a synopsis of the whole group's thinking and not the statements individual members or the thoughts of just yourself. Submit what you write for the group notes at the end of class or email to carmen.kynard@tcu.edu if you prefer digital/phone note-taking.
- Choose a timekeeper who will make sure everyone shares and keeps the group on time, as much as that is possible.
- Each member should share a portion of what you have written for today. Describe at least one chapter/lesson from Gumbs that impacted you in some way. If the writing/homework was not in the cards for today, feel free to talk through what you are thinking about writing today. This is a no judgement zone.
- As a group, think through and answer the following: what explicit connection can I make to the Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals that my colleagues discussed to classrooms, schooling, academia, literacy, language, OR rhetoric-composition studies? These can be very specific moments, general connections, and/or references to other authors/texts.
IV. Open Discussion (if time)
IV. Introduction to Next Week:
Black. Native. Feminist: "Constellations of Co-Resistance" Goal: Read and work against the extractive/colonial model of graduate education. |