Taught By:
Mariam Konaté
Professor
Institute of Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
Western Michigan University
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Motivation for Teaching Social Action:
I am interested in learning more about the different ways in which my colleagues in other institutions of higher education are teaching about social action. I have taught a course about social action before and would like to learn more about current teaching pedagogies about social action
Course Description:
This course seeks to explore the multi-faceted consequences of climate change and environmental effects of globalization on women worldwide.The course specifically addresses the different sociocultural, economic, and political ways in which women have fought against environmental inequalities in their respective communities. This course will use feminist theoretical, as well as activist frameworks such as Ecofeminism, Feminist Environmentalism, Feminist Political Ecology, and Environmental Justice to examine issues such as sustainability, food, and water security.
More importantly, this course will focus on the centrality of women to not only generating knowledge about, but also to finding the solutions to the impact of global warming and climate change. This course thus explores the invaluable insights that can be gained when we include a gendered and intersectional perspective in climate change and environmental justice discourse, analysis, policymaking, and activism.
