Foundations of Queer Studies II: Praxis

LGCP

70200

Foundations of Queer Studies II: Praxis

Building upon Foundations of Queer Studies I: Epistemologies, Foundations of Queer Studies II: Praxis explores the concept of praxis and its differentiation from theory, model, and framework. The course excavates how praxis operationalizes and puts theory into action. Students will survey distinctive (non)traditional methods. A deeper dive will move toward the “queering” of methodology and intersections with traditional investigative strategies often used within disciplines that inform LGBTQ studies such as literature, cultural studies, social sciences, history, humanities, women’s and gender studies, humanities, and sexuality studies. Course content will examine the implications of “queering” praxis on historical and current social change and cultural shifts in local, national, and global societies. Through applied areas such as health, law, education, business, and journalism, students will contrast praxis approaches and assess their utility to address queer-focused social justice issues. Students will formulate the expansive roles of ethics and reflection in “queering” methodology and “queering” praxis. While examining real-world praxis application to address LGBTQ issues, in an applied project, students will bridge epistemology to praxis. Students will critique if and how processes of praxis begin with theory and end with theory being reframed.

Graduate School Graduate

No

030893