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Social Justice - YBAJ270
Title: Social Justice
Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (25)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: YMGS652
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Emily Julia Hanson, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Emily Julia Hanson, Ph.D.
Class: Courses available to incoming students
Incompatibility : YMGS652
Is incompatible with: YMGS652
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In this course, students will learn about the history, theory, and practice of social justice. The course aims to provide a critical understanding of social justice as both a domain for theoretical research and applied practice. In the theoretical portion of the course, we will discuss the relationship between social justice and concepts like power, identity, emotion, systems thinking, and intersectional solidarity. In the applied part of the course, students will learn about the practice of community organizing, including identifying goals, targets, and tactics, as well as ethical principles for organizing. The goal of the course is for students to be able to articulate diverse concepts of social justice and apply these perspectives to analyze and address real-life issues.
Last update: Hanson Emily Julia, Ph.D. (17.09.2024)
Course completion requirements

Attendance and active participation in class discussion (maximum 2 absences can be excused if you inform the teacher before the beginning of the class via email).

Writing short (one-paragraph) reflections on the assigned reading for each week.

Preparation and presentation of campaign strategy chart on the social justice topic of choice.

Writing an acceptable research paper on a topic related to social justice. For bachelor’s-level students, the final paper must be 2,000 words excluding the bibliography. For master ’s-level students, the final paper must be 4,000 words excluding the bibliography.

Grading

Participation                                       25%

Weekly Reflection                               10%

Strategy Chart                                   25% 

Final Paper                                        40%

Last update: Hanson Emily Julia, Ph.D. (01.09.2024)
Syllabus

This course offers an overview of the history, theory, and practice of social justice. The course aims to provide a critical understanding of social justice as both a domain for theoretical research and applied practice. Social justice is a flexible term, but in the context of this course it will be used to refer to attempts to understand and efforts to achieve:

a.      The fair distribution of (material, relational, and psychological) resources across society

b.      The elimination of systems of control and oppression particularly those that empower some social groups and marginalize or discriminate against others

c.     Equity and empowerment of all people as participants in society and decision-makers in their own lives  

 

The theoretical portions of the course will take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the relationship between power, institutions, and people. We will pull from sociology, psychology, and political philosophy as well as intersectional, feminist, and critical scholarships to build an understanding of concepts like justice, power, oppression, solidarity, altruism, and collective action. In the applied portions of the course, students will learn strategies for community organizing, including identifying goals, ethical practices, targets, and tactics. The goal for the course is for students to be able to articulate diverse concepts of social justice and apply these perspectives to analyze and address real-life issues. 

Topics:

Social Justice History

Theories of Justice

Power: What is it and who has it?

Affective Dynamics of Social Justice: Anger, Fear, Disgust, and Empathy

Intersectionality in Theory and in Organizing Practice

Ownership of Time, Space, and “Normalcy”

Organizing 101 and Power Mapping

Tactics and Campaign Plans

Heroism: What can we expect?

Last update: Hanson Emily Julia, Ph.D. (17.09.2024)
 
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