Professor: Anita Chari

credits 4.00

• CRN 22627: Monday & Wednesday, 2:00-3:20pm @ CHA 201
• CRN 22628: Monday & Wednesday, 4:00-5:20pm @ CON 330

In this course we’ll explore the body’s significance in everyday life as well as in the realm of social movements. Throughout our time together, we will combine critical analysis of writing on the subjective and political implications of bodily experience with perceptual exercises and embodiment practices that will enable us to appreciate first-hand how we see and experience ourselves and others in everyday life. Our readings and discussions will draw on interdisciplinary research from modernity to the present, including the fields of Political Theory, Visual Studies, Art History, Media Studies, Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies, Queer Theory, Psychology, Contemplative Pedagogy, and Trauma Studies. Our “perception labs” will engage these intellectual theories through experiential practices designed to increase our awareness of how implicit and explicit bias and racism move through our bodies and thoughts, and to nurture a deeper comprehension of the intricate relationship between power dynamics and corporeal resistance.