Open Educational Resources
Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Fall 2025
Abstract
This course introduces students to general topics in activism, gender studies, and justice. The course will draw connections between gender, race, sexuality and grassroots, community and organizational activism and social justice and change. Students will be expected to apply the knowledge gained in the classroom to observational and documentation projects focusing on the activism occurring on the college campus and in the larger community. The course will introduce key terms in the interdisciplinary fields of gender and activist studies and some of the important debates in these fields. It will then focus on a specific form of activism toward social justice and change. We will learn from different materials about gender, activism, and social change, and from the knowledge we all bring to class about how gender works with other forces we know, like race, class, ethnicity, migration, religious practice, work etc. Our methodology will include close reading of texts, videos, and podcasts, physical exploration, observations, and more. We will draw from the fields of applied theater, anthropology, history, queer theory and, of course, gender studies.
CUNY OER Funding
CUNY OER Initiative
Comments
This OER was funded in part by the CUNY OER Initiative.