Author: Soniya Munshi

Post and Comment on Discussion Board #3

Please respond to all sets of questions below. The post should be 400-600 words (and can be longer). Your post should address all of the questions listed. For your responses, you can  select quotes from the text or paraphrase the authors.

• In your own words, describe and explain Collins’ theory of an Afrocentric feminist epistemology. Why does she say it is needed, and what does it include? Reflect upon the #SayHerName campaign. Does this campaign use an Afrocentric feminist epistemology, and if so, how?
• Describe and explain Anzaldua’s overall argument about language and identity. Give examples from the text to back up your discussion. Do you agree with her claims about the importance of language to identity? Why or why not?
• One of the points of this week’s readings is that our own social position shapes who we are, how we know what we know, and what we can see. Reflect upon your own social location, the sites of feminist or other consciousness in your own life, and how this has shaped “how” you know. What are the “sites of knowing” that have been critical to your own way of understanding the world?  If you could describe the different components of your own feminist epistemology,  what would it include?

Discussion Board post due Thursday 9/24
Comment due Sunday 9/27

Please respond to all sets of questions below. The post should be 400-600 words (and can be longer). Your post should address all of the questions listed.

• Describe each of the four methods outlined in Wambui’s article. Add “autoethnography” from the Ellis piece to this list and explain this method. Share your reflections about the podcast.

 

• Discuss each method in relationship to your final project ideas– if you had the time and resources you would need: is the method appropriate? How would you use this method to do your research? Who would your participants/subjects be? And, if the method is not a good fit, why not? This is only a thought experiment — you are not committing to any methods here.

Post and Comment on Discussion Board #5

• Post due Thursday 10/1
• Comment due Sunday 10/4

Please respond to all sets of questions below. The post should be 400-600 words (and can be longer). Your post should address all of the questions listed.

• Define and discuss “reflexivity” in your own words. What are some ways that you will consider “reflexivity” in your project? How might you “bend back?”
• What do you think about Tuck’s argument about damage-centered research? What role do “damage” and “desire” play in your project?