English 118lf - Colloquium in Writing: Liberating the Future
Colq: T-Liberating the Future
Spring
2022
01
4.00
Magdalena Zapedowska
TU TH 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Smith College
ENG-118lf-01-202203
Seelye 204
mzapedowska@smith.edu
In the era of rapid climate change, global migration, enormous income disparities driven by capitalism’s
greed for profit, and a pandemic that disproportionately affects Black, Brown, and low-income people,
the future has become an urgent concern. Although media reports can feel apocalyptic, this concern
has also inspired visions of a world free from capitalism, police, and injustice. This course delves into
innovative, liberating responses to this moment of crisis, including Black feminist lessons from marine
mammals and Indigenous peoples’ restorative responses to climate change. Our readings foreground
African American, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ voices in various nonfiction genres. Enrollment limited to 15.
greed for profit, and a pandemic that disproportionately affects Black, Brown, and low-income people,
the future has become an urgent concern. Although media reports can feel apocalyptic, this concern
has also inspired visions of a world free from capitalism, police, and injustice. This course delves into
innovative, liberating responses to this moment of crisis, including Black feminist lessons from marine
mammals and Indigenous peoples’ restorative responses to climate change. Our readings foreground
African American, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ voices in various nonfiction genres. Enrollment limited to 15.