‘Other’HegemonyAgency

COURSE CONCEPTSPART I

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The first conceptessential to our course.

‘OTHER’

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Binary thinkingTwo categories with no middle ground

Pit them against each otherUs versus themRight versus wrongLight versus dark

‘OTHER’ DEFINED

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‘OTHER’ DEFINED

Can you think of additional examples of binary thinking?

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The ‘us’ group has powerPlace people in ‘them’ category ‘Us’ group creates standards of normalcy, morality, acceptability.

‘Them’ group or the ‘others’ have no powerPlaced in ‘them’ category by the ‘us’ groupConsidered by the ‘us’ group to be abnormal, immoral, wrong, unacceptable.

‘OTHER’ DEFINED

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Historical results of binary thinking or ‘othering’:

‘OTHER’ DEFINED

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‘OTHER’ DEFINED

Slavery

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‘OTHER’ DEFINED

War

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‘OTHER’ DEFINED

Genocide

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‘OTHER’ DEFINED

Discrimination

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‘OTHER’ DEFINED

Stereotyping

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‘OTHER’ DEFINED

Can you think of additional historical results of ‘othering’?

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‘OTHER’: FLUID

‘Other’ changes over time‘Other’ is not fixed; it is fluid

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‘OTHER’: FLUID

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‘OTHER’: FLUID

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‘OTHER’: FLUID

Can you think of additional examples of people who were once ‘othered’ and are not any

longer?

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TRANSCENDING ‘OTHERNESS’

Transcend ‘othering’Remove binary thinkingGo above, outside, beyond categories

Become more accepting

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TRANSCENDING ‘OTHERNESS’

Gender

Masculine Feminine

Transgender

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TRANSCENDING ‘OTHERNESS’

Can you think of additional examples of transcending

‘otherness’?

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‘OTHER’ AS MIRROR

Studying the ‘other’Self-reflective exerciseBecomes a mirrorExpose the biases, fears of ‘us’ group

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‘OTHER’ AS MIRROR

Link:Japanese Internment Camp

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‘OTHER’: FLUID

Can you think of more historical examples of studying the ‘other’

as a mirror?

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Two more conceptsessential to our course.

HEGEMONY & AGENCY

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HegemonyComplete control over anotherRemove agency from another

AgencyFree willAssert free will in the face of hegemonic control

HEGEMONY & AGENCY

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HEGEMONY & AGENCY

Colonization

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HEGEMONY & AGENCY

Can you think of additional historical examples of hegemony

and agency?

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HEGEMONY & AGENCY

How might someone have agency while being hegemonically

controlled?

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