Month: July 2021

Friday, July 23, 2021

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TOPIC 3: Intersections between poverty, care, embodied identity, and personal motivation

Guests on Friday, July 23

Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and Professor of American Studies and Anthropology, Yale University, CT
Katharine Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, St. Lawrence University, NY
Jennifer Morton, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Cara O’Connor

Schedule (in outline)
Friday, July 23– 9am – 2pm

9:00—9:10Greetings and check-in with Faculty Fellows
9:10—10:10Presentation by Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas
10:10—10:20Short break
10:20—11:20Presentation by Katharine Wolfe
11:20—11:30Short break
11:30—12:30Presentation by Jennifer Morton
12:30—1:00Lunch Break
1:00—2:00Round table discussion with all participants

Description

The focus of the day will be exploring identity and types of embodiment and their implications for how we think about poverty, care, and aspiration. On Friday Ramos-Zayas, Wolfe, and Morton will bring their expertise to different facets of this topic. On Tuesday we will have a pedagogy workshop led by Institute co-directors O’Connor & Farias.

Key Questions

  • What does it mean to “embody” poverty and deprivation, on the one hand, or well-being on the other?
  • What do looks, acts, gestures, and accents have to do with perceptions of who is poor and what “kind” of poor person they are? (deserving or undeserving; safe or dangerous)
  • Why is dependency treated as the exception rather than the norm?
  • What are the potential costs of upward mobility?
  • How do first person-narratives push back against objectification of poor bodies?
  • How do representations of poverty affect the way people see themselves?
  • What does addressing poverty tell us about ethics of care and what does ethics care tell us about addressing poverty?

Topic 3 –  Required Readings and Resources

Required readings will be available on our website and @ the “Required Readings Folder.”

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Topic 3 – Additional Readings and Resources Folder

> Click the above link to go to the Institute Folder for Additional Readings and navigate to Topic 3 for an evolving list of readings and resources.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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TOPIC 2: Listening to Our Many Pasts: The History and Myths of Modern Poverty

Workshop Leaders on Tuesday, July 20

Jamie Warren & Sangeeta Bishop

Tuesday, July 20 — 9am – 2pm

9:00—10:00Screening and discussion of the 1964 testimony of Fanny Lou Hammer
10:00—10:15Break
10:15—12:30Small group discussions of Topic 2 readings and talks
12:30—1:00Lunch break
1:00—2:00Pedagogy workshop

Description

Our focus this Friday will be to grapple with and unpack commonly held myths about the historical roots of modern poverty. What are the decisive historical forces that have shaped American poverty today? SenGupta, Westbrook, and Katznelson will bring their expertise to this question. With Westbrook we will focus on one of DuBois’s central texts. DuBois offers a rich example of a scholar who purposefully wove his training as a social scientist with his commitment to creative and expressive prose. On Tuesday we will continue to think about the topic together, through a screening of Fanny Lou Hammer’s testimony and through discussion. Institute co-directors Warren and Bishop will lead a pedagogy workshop where we explore the use of poverty-related historical documents in our classes.

Key Questions

  • How do slavery and colonialism relate to poverty?
  • What are the central myths about history and slavery and its relation to modern poverty?
  • How can we connect history to our students’ current experiences of obligation to help their family, friends, and neighbors?
  • How can we as educators allow the impoverished voices of the past to “speak” in our classrooms?
  • How do artistic and literary constructions of home, place, and displacement resonate with these histories?

Topic 2 –  Required Readings and Resources

Required readings will be available on our website and @ the “Required Readings Folder.”

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Topic 2 – Additional Readings and Resources Folder

Click the above link to go to the Institute Folder for Additional Readings and navigate to Topic 2 for an evolving list of readings and resources.

Friday, July 16, 2021

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TOPIC 2:  Listening to Our Many Pasts: The History and Myths of Modern Poverty

Guests on Friday, July 16

Gunja SenGupta, Professor of History, Brooklyn College & Graduate Center, CUNY
Randall Westbrook, Instructor – Sammartino School of Education, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey
Ira Katznelson, Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
Moderator: Jamie Warren

Schedule (in outline)
Friday, July 16 — 9am – 2pm

9:00—9:10Greetings and check-in with Faculty Fellows
9:10—10:10Presentation by Gunja SenGupta
10:10—10:15Short break
10:15—11:15Presentation by Randall Westbrook
11:15—11:30Break
11:30—12:30Presentation by Ira Katznelson
12:30—1:00Lunch Break
1:00—2:00Round table discussion with all participants

Description

Our focus this Friday will be to grapple with and unpack commonly held myths about the historical roots of modern poverty. What are the decisive historical forces that have shaped American poverty today? SenGupta, Westbrook, and Katznelson will bring their expertise to this question. With Westbrook we will focus on one of DuBois’s central texts. DuBois offers a rich example of a scholar who purposefully wove his training as a social scientist with his commitment to creative and expressive prose. On Tuesday we will continue to think about the topic together, through a screening of Fanny Lou Hammer’s testimony and through discussion. Institute co-directors Warren and Bishop will lead a pedagogy workshop where we explore the use of poverty-related historical documents in our classes.

Key Questions

  • How do slavery and colonialism relate to poverty?
  • What are the central myths about history and slavery and its relation to modern poverty?
  • How can we connect history to our students’ current experiences of obligation to help their family, friends, and neighbors?
  • How can we as educators allow the impoverished voices of the past to “speak” in our classrooms?
  • How do artistic and literary constructions of home, place, and displacement resonate with these histories?

Topic 2 –  Required Readings and Resources

Required readings will be available on our website and @ the “Required Readings Folder.”

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Topic 2 – Additional Readings and Resources Folder

> Click the above link to go to the Institute Folder for Additional Readings and navigate to Topic 2 for an evolving list of readings and resources.

Tuesday July 13, 2021

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TOPIC 1: Measurable and Immeasurable: How conceptions and images of poverty affect our students

Workshop Leaders on Tuesday, July 13

Mahatapa Palit and Jamie Warren

Tuesday, July 13 — 9am – 2pm

9:00–10:45Reflection and discussion about Topic 1 themes and readings.
10:45–11:00Break
11:00–12:30Pedagogy Workshop
12:30–1:00Lunch break
1:00–2:00TBD

Description

On Friday guest speakers Torres, Saldanha, and Sama will give presentations and all participants will engage in discussion of readings, presentations, and key questions. On Tuesday Fellows and Team will continue to reflect on Topic 1 and will participate in a pedagogy workshop facilitated by Institute co-directors Palit and Warren. Small groups will consider one resource and imagine how they might incorporate it into their teaching.

Key Questions

  • How is poverty defined and who is counted as poor?
  • How do we and our students face/interact with poverty?
  • What does it mean to “fight” poverty?
  • How does education in the humanities support people in their fight against poverty?
  • How do different texts express dimensions of poverty?
  • What do we want to achieve by teaching about poverty?

Topic 1 – Required Readings and Resources

required readings will be available on our website and @ the “Required Readings Folder.” Initials in parentheses indicate the name of the Guest Speaker who is requiring each reading.

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Topic 1 – Additional Readings and Resources Folder

> Click the above link to go to the Institute Folder for Additional Readings and navigate to topic 1 for an evolving list of readings and resources, links, and (when possible & time-permitting, downloadable pdfs and documents)

> Or copy and paste this link in your browser: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oU1fBZdZ5IEzWHrGGGS0SoSYR3GNQyi6?usp=sharing