WRT 205 CRITICAL RESEARCH Dr Rusty Bartels Wednesday

WRT 205: CRITICAL RESEARCH Dr. Rusty Bartels Wednesday, January 23 rd, 2019 Week 2, Day 2

Overview ■ Intro ■ Privilege ■ Power & Privilege ■ Wrap-up

Intro ■ Taking Power, Privilege, Identity together and scaling out from individual to systems ■ Important to do because: 1. Part of understanding who we are, and where and how we are situated 2. Understanding how we’re situated, with attendant powers & privileges (and lack thereof) helps us understand our ethical frameworks and approaches to civic discourse

Privilege In Groups of 1, 2, or 3… ■ Use Rothman to summarize your understanding and/or definition of “Privilege” ■ As a follow up to our conversation on identification last week, what might be some examples of identities or experiences that are privileged? ■ Think especially in terms of how systems and institutions might perpetuate these privileges.

Power ■ Freewrite: – Based on your recollection of Liu’s talk, how do power, the civic, citizenship, and local come together? – What frameworks and/or arguments is Liu building? ■ Now, I want you to think about your responses there as we move in to watching a follow-up to his talk: – https: //www. ted. com/talks/eric_liu_how_to_understand_power? language=e n

Power & Privilege Liu identifies 6 sources of power in the civic arena: He then identifies 3 Laws of Power: ■ Physical Force ■ Power is never static ■ Wealth ■ Power is like water ■ State Action ■ Power compounds ■ Social Norms ■ Ideas ■ Numbers

Power & Privilege Liu identifies 6 sources of power in the civic arena: ■ Physical Force ■ Wealth ■ State Action ■ Social Norms ■ Ideas ■ Numbers In Groups of 1, 2, or 3… ■ What ways might privilege play out in some of these sources of power? ■ How might these privileges be interpersonal, and how might they be systemic, or institutional?

Power & Privilege…& Literacy ■ Literacy in power – “Read” Power – “Write” Power ■ If we take this call of power literacy to heart, and are able to think about it in relation to the intersection of Ethics & Civic Discourse, what might be some ways that you might “read” or “write” to become more adept at navigating power?

Wrap-up ■ Wrap-up – Today we: ■ Discussed power, privilege, intersections between the two and connections to Ethics & Civic Discourse – Next time: ■ Studio — come with whatever devices, notebooks, materials, etc. you might use to begin working on your first assignment. ■ ■ Headphones are welcome. No reading, nothing due to turn in.