Feminist Praxis Revisited: Critical Reflections on University-Community Engagement

Feminist Praxis Revisited: Critical Reflections on University-Community Engagement
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Country
Canada
Published
7 January 2019
Pages
208
ISBN
9781771123778

Feminist Praxis Revisited: Critical Reflections on University-Community Engagement

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.

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 resume 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.

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