POLI 389 - Fractals of Liberation

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

The multifaceted legacies of liberationists and freedom fighters on Turtle Island collectively create a decolonial and anti-imperialist genealogy of social justice theory. Committed to these legacies and building upon them, this seminar examines contemporary theories of social justice that aim to transform not only the material world and the collective consciousness, but also the inward self as a mirror to the external. The seminar explores the inward fractals of liberationist thought and how this form of world-making is central to building and sustaining solidarities across difference, time, space, and place. Through texts like Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategies by Adrienne Marie Brown, Islands of Decolonial Love and Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Living for Change by Grace Lee Boggs, the seminar illustrates how theorizing liberation for social transformation is also a self-reflective experience. Raquel Madrigal.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS