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Title Feminist praxis revisited : critical reflections on university-community engagement / Amber Dean, Jennifer L. Johnson, and Susanne Luhmann, editors
Published Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2018

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Contents Learning elsewhere? Challenges and possibilities for community-based praxis learning in Canadian women's and gender studies programs / Susanne Luhmann, Jennifer L. Johnson, and Amber Dean -- Colonialism, neoliberalism, and university-community engagement : what sorts of encounters with difference are our institutions prioritizing? / Amber Dean -- Feminist praxis and community service-learning in Canada's changing non-profit sector / Joanne Muzak -- There's more than one way to save a baby : navigating tensions between activism vs. community service and anti-racism vs. multiculturalism / Sarita Srivastava -- Community-engaged pedagogy, sexual violence, and neoliberal governance / Lise Gotell -- Relations with the dead? Ethics of feminist memorialization in service learning / Ilya Parkins -- Quick to the draw : shooting from the hip in feminist NGOs / Judith Taylor -- Evaluating the effects of community-based praxis learning placements on campus and community organizations in the "doing feminist theory through digital video" project / Rachel Hurst -- Interrogating feminist praxis inside the classroom : "storying up" race, indigeneity, and alliance building / Margot Francis -- The de-territorialization of knowledge production in Canadian women's and gender studies programs / Jennifer L. Johnson
Summary "In Feminist Praxis Revisited, Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) practitioners reflect on how the field has sought to integrate its commitment to activism and social change with community-based learning in post-secondary institutions. Teaching about and for social change has been a core value of the field since its inception, and co-op, practica, and internships have long been part of the curriculum in the professional schools. However, liberal arts faculties are increasingly under pressure to integrate community engagement practices and respond to labour market demands for greater student "employability." That demand creates challenges and possibilities as WGS programs and instructors adapt to changing post-secondary agendas."-- From publisher's website
"This book examines how WGS programs can continue to prioritize the foundational critiques of inequality, power, privilege, and identity in the face of a post-secondary push toward praxis as resumé building, skills acquisition, and the bridging of town-and-gown differences. It pushes students to reflect critically on their own experiences with feminist praxis through critical reflections offered by the contributors along with examples of practical approaches to community-based/experiential learning."-- From publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Women's studies -- Canada
Community education -- Canada
Feminism -- Canada
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Community education
Feminism
Women's studies
Canada
Form Electronic book
Author Dean, Amber, 1975- editor.
Johnson, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lesley), 1976- editor.
Luhmann, Susanne, 1963- editor.
ISBN 1771123788
9781771123792
1771123796
9781771123785