Spring 2025 First-Year Seminar BC1755 section 001

Race, Science, & Reproductive Justice

RACE, SCIENCE, REPRO JUST

Call Number 00380
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Cecelia B Lie-Spahn
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

 

This course is about reproduction—a biological and social process that is often the target of deep-seated ideas about identity, nation, culture, and definitions of life. With an emphasis on intersectional approaches to reproductive justice, we’ll read a variety of literary works, journalism, films and television shows, public health studies, and policy/legal texts, all of which differently narrate, debate, script, and theorize about reproduction. Questions we will explore include: what stories do we tell about reproduction? What role have innovations in reproductive technologies played in this process, from contraceptive uses of medicinal plants, to in-vitro fertilization and so-called “DIY” abortions, to population and development projects all over the world? How do long histories of obstetric violence inform modern definitions of reproductive health, rights, and justice? What kind of world does an intersectional and inclusive reproductive justice movement urge us to create? Please note that some of the material for this course includes references to or descriptions of obstetric violence.
 

Web Site Vergil
Department First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
Enrollment 16 students (16 max) as of 10:05AM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Status Full
Subject First-Year Seminar
Number BC1755
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Open To Barnard College
Note Barnard 1st Year Students Only
Section key 20251FYSB1755X001