GWS 590

Spring 2020 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6

Topics in GWS

Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and previous coursework in women's or gender studies, or consent of instructor.

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GWS 590 class schedule data for spring 2020
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	48441	Lecture-Discussion	AB	1:00PM -3:50PM	T	102 1205 W Nevada	Beauchamp, T Paik, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Title: Abolition Section Info: Topic: Abolition Description: Focused on the theories and practices of abolition, this interdisciplinary graduate seminar examines the radical, yet realizable, possibilities of abolition in its many forms. We will consider the dense web of relationships that extend far beyond the prison as a material structure, tracing the many different sites and effects of the prison industrial complex as well as the multiple efforts to dismantle it. At the same time, we will follow what Frederick Douglass and Angela Davis call "abolition democracy," which positions abolition as a process of creation rather than simply of dismantlement. Accordingly, the course looks closely at practices that redirect resources away from systems of oppression and toward imagining and building new conditions where all can survive and thrive. Will be taught in the GWS House, 1205 W. Nevada. Room 102. Meets with ANTH 515, CAS 587, ENGL 563, EPS 590. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.