Black Lives Matter: Connecting Themes Through Art and Abolition
We want to start by acknowledging that we are all reverberating with feelings of injustice following the recent failure to hold police officers accountable for the murder of Breonna Taylor. If you are able, consider donating to the Louisville Bail…
The ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in urban environments
This week, we’re reading Schell et al. (2020), The ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in urban environments. We’ll be using Perusall to collaboratively annotate the article before class. In small groups during class, we’ll discuss: Major themes from…
Exploring power and bias using collaborative annotations
This week we have two readings concerning support for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in ecology. We’re using these readings to explore and discuss how power and bias influence relationships on multiple scales of interaction. Elevate, don’t assimilate, to…
Disrupting Harm: GWIS #SafeAtWork and the Feminist Killjoy Framework
The two readings for this week are the GWIS GQM Broken Silence from 2017 (follow the link to view online or download a pdf), and the article “Organizing for collective feminist killjoy geographies in a US university”. As a content…