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Academia friends: could you recommend any BA programs in English which have gone through a process of reinvention to diversify or 'decolonize' their course requirements and offerings? We are looking for models as we begin work on rethinking the Literature major and minors at Stevens.
#decolonizetheuniversity #rhodesmustfall #butlerbannerproject #diversify #curriculum #litstudies #AcademicMastodon @litstudies@a.gup.pe
@smaran @litstudies we did here at UTampa. Our classes were surveys based on nationalist narratives. Now they are Identity & Difference; Rebellion, Revolution, Reform; Flashpoints; Major authors; genres; places; and lit history 1 and 2 w a thesis as the capstone.
@kacytillman That sounds excellent. Thanks so much for sharing!
@kacytillman Do you have a link to the new curriculum you can share? I looked at the UTampa website, but I couldn't find the details, but no doubt I'm just missing it.
@smaran I hope that this generates good discussion. Everyone is looking for new models, especially concrete implementations of the major. So often these conversations remain abstract.
@dpunday thanks, Dan! That’s precisely my hope. I want to see the nuts and bolts of what folks are doing with English programs/majors. We mostly agree on the abstract issues these days (Bloom lost, etc.).
@smaran @litstudies we did a giant revision at BU and studiously avoided the term “decolonize.” Here is an article about it from the college: https://www.bu.edu/cas/new-cas-english-major/
@rezekjoe @litstudies@a.gup.pe thanks so much, Joseph! I put it in quotes in my own posts on here, but would also be reluctant to use it in an actual program description or documentation. Thanks so much for the link to the BU program! Excited to see what you folks achieved.
@smaran @litstudies and of course I knew what you meant! Our curriculum revision was a two year process, very successful I think. I was chair of the committee at the end. One of these days I’ll write it all up for people to read about our process, but this article is a good overview of the result
@rezekjoe @litstudies@a.gup.pe would love to read your account of the process if/when you write it up!