EDUC459 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersectionality
8 Feb 2018
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Assuming history, culture, politics influence social conditions and how we construct knowledge. Acknowledge different types of knowledge exist and that they are differently valued (see banks typology handout - helpful for urban knowledge assignment) Race, ethnicity, nationality, geography, socioeconomic status, etc. Dynamic and multifaceted - changing, hybrid, influenced by intersecting social identities. Influenced by social, economic, and political factors (power) Cultural ways you have been socialized to view the world, meaning making system, influenced by your identities. Frames: group identities that shape how you see/experience the world. Lenses: aspects of identity unique and significant in shaping how you see/experience the world (personality and traits, family characteristics/roles, place identities, experiences) Key ideas on cultural frames of reference. Salience attributed to group identities varies between people. Awareness of identities that are marginalized may be greater than identities that are privileged or well represented. Group identities valued differently - power to shape norms varies.
