Theories and Methods in Comparative Race and Diaspora (400-0-1)

Instructors

Raymond San Diego
Crowe 1-125

Meeting Info

Lunt Hall 102: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course explores how comparative and relational problems are posed as research projects, how research questions are constructed, and how they employ theory to frame the project and establish what is at stake in the research within comparative race and diaspora research. In contradistinction to mainstream disciplinary projects, we will consider how Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and Transnational Feminist Studies are carving radical intellectual positions from which to respond to the challenges that global configurations of power pose to those involved in the project of global (racial) justice. We will take interest in identifying the contributions and limitations of this line of critical interrogation and will consider what political strategies may dissipate the cycles of dispossession, displacement, and death.

For comparative race and diaspora scholars, interdisciplinary research often entails the deconstruction and rearticulation of existing systems and tools of knowledge production and dissemination to better understand—and ultimately, transform—how social conditions and worlds are (re)produced, represented, and lived. Course readings will focus on recent books by scholars that model inter, trans, and anti-disciplinary research design that challenge epistemological hierarchies. Other texts will also be selected based upon the research interests of students in the class.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: REASON: Pre-registration is not allowed for this class. Please try again during regular registration.