Activism and the Academy: Living and Working in the Borderlands
Gloria Anzaldua’s groundbreaking volume Borderlands/La frontera juxtaposes poetry and prose, and research and personal narrative, forming a bridge between activism and scholarship. This panel looks at Anzaldua’s work, along with the work of two border poets, Margaret Randall and Ruth Irupé Sanabria, to explore what poetry and other creative engagements can bring to activist practices. Panelists include Margaret Randall (poet, photographer, and activist), Ruth Irupé Sanabria (poet and activist), and Michelle Gonzalez (Bard College at Simon’s Rock). This discussion, moderated by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez (Bard College at Simon’s Rock), took place on the first day of Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
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More from this event:
- EVENT: Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action
- VIDEO: The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- VIDEO: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism
- VIDEO: Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn
- VIDEO: Transnational Feminisms Across the Americas
- VIDEO: Expanding Feminism: Collaborations for Social Justice
- VIDEO: Mamphela Ramphele (keynote address)
- VIDEO: Social Justice and Civic Engagement in the Classroom
- VIDEO: Using Knowledge, Advancing Activism
- VIDEO: Campus Activism
- VIDEO: Activist Research: Working in Communities
- VIDEO: Building and Rebuilding Societies in Africa
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Opening Remarks by Janet Jakobsen
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Sonia Alvarez
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Women’s Literature and Feminist Learning
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Archives and Activism – The Contemporary Turn
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Transnational Feminisms Across the Americas
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Expanding Feminism – Collaborations for Social Justice
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Mamphela Ramphele