Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Structural Violence & Militarism--Can You See Them At Work?

BEYOND INVISIBILITY~

(See the 'Structural Violence' post below!) For more information and a wonderful glossary related to 'Structural Violence' from a site dedicated to the work of Paul Farmer go to this link.

Make a meaningful effort, prior to turning in your final project to scan your work for:

  • Calling out unexamined privilege in the narratives of your project
  • Calling out the unexamined/normatized structural violence embedded within the systems of oppression you are researching
  • Examining key aspects of militarism infecting the problem you are researching.
Good luck!
M.Tamez

P.S. (Hint: Barbara Chasin's book is required reading for answering each of these, and the definitions of structural violence embedded within the post below are essential to take these to task in your own final draft.)