You’ve seen this language of subjugated knowledge a lot on the syllabus and website. Maybe I’ve already said it in class, on the podcast, or put it in an email. This week we are going to spend a lot of time diving into this concept, through French theorist Michel Foucault (FOO-co), its originator, and some folks who have used this term in their theology or social work practices.
This is the first week of reading, and the first week of what I’m calling a “toe-dip,” or a short but challenging primary source reading that I want you to attempt to read on your own. We will also engage it in class and use our collective wisdom to make sense of it.
All the “toe-dip” readings are labeled with an asterisk (*) on the syllabus. I do want you to try to read it. Maybe it’ll make complete sense to you, based on the secondary sources you’ve read. Or maybe not. Either way, that’s OK. Just give it a shot. 🙂
By class on May 3, please complete the following:
- Listen to Season 2, Episode 1 of A Curious Disputation on Spotify, Google, Stitcher, etc.
- Read Hartman, “In Search of Subjugated Knowledge”
- Read Mingolo, “Decolonizing Western Epistemology”
- Read Frykenberg, “A Short Lesson in Subjugated Knowledges”
- Read Foucault, “Two Lectures″*
- Turn in your Grading Contract
- Turn in your Subjugated Knowledge Reading Response to Populi
- Guiding question for your RR: Describe “subjugated knowledge” as defined by Foucault and expanded on by other thinkers this week. How might attention to subjugated knowledge be significant to the work of this course?