In their blog, Modern America: Power and Politics of an Empire, spring 2014 students Sujaya Desai ’14, Maansi Vohra ’15, Najma Yakob ’14, and Bartosz Zerebecki ’15 set out to find the colonial in our supposedly post-colonial world. Through discussion, their tumblr and its followers interrogate the concept of imperialism and track its persistence in today’s world. Their project is…
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A Herstory of Activism
Itching to learn more about the activism of womyn of color at Brown University since the 1960s? Look no further than A People’s Herstory of Womyn of Color at Brown, an archive created by spring 2014 students Sarah Day Dayon ’15, Kendra Cornejo ’15, Hector Peralta ’16, and Julmar Carcedo ’16. This rich archive includes eight interviews with…
“Studying History Is Kind of Important”
For their final project, spring 2014 students Lily Novak ’14, Kirah Nelson ’14, Will Fesperman ’15, Sara Winnick ’15, and Yi-Hung Liu (graduate student) created a zine and teaching resource entitled “‘Studying History is Kind of Important’: An Analysis of US History Classes in Providence, RI.” Their project brings together critical readings of theories in education…
Get Gentrified
Breaking with the generally sobering tone of the course, spring 2014 students Brienne Ellis and Eddie Grystar created a promotional website for a fake app to promote the gentrification of Oakland, gentri.fy. From the proclamation on the front page of the site–”A brighter tomorrow starts with you”–to the list of partners (Lean In of course wants in…