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Call It a Femicide: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Get PDFThis essay explores the troubling reality in North America, where a disproportionately high number of Indigenous women and young girls are going missing or being murdered (MMIWG), yet these tragedies often fail to receive adequate media attention or law enforcement resources compared to cases involving white women. Systemic issues like racism, sexism, socio-economic inequalities, and damaging stereotypes contribute to the marginalization of these cases. This disparity underscores deep-seated prejudices and failures within institutions, rooted in historical injustices. Research into the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) reveals the persistent legacy of colonialism, as explored in Sarah Deer\u27s book, The Beginning and End of Rape. Colonization allowed European men to assert power over Indigenous women, fostering a legacy of control and subjugation that has led to ongoing systemic challenges, such as heightened sexual violence and human trafficking in Indigenous communities today. This essay examines the impact of sexual violence through primary and secondary sources, the lack of action by the government and police in investigating MMIWG, the role of the media in shaping the crisis, and the activism and movements within Indigenous communities aimed at decolonizing the narrative to advocate for justice and remembrance. The essay concludes by emphasizing the growing awareness and activism among Indigenous peoples and their allies to confront these critical issues. This effort not only honors the victims and their families but also challenges the persistence of such violence. Ultimately, the research aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the structural inequalities driving this epidemic in North America
Training Up: Effectiveness of Collaborative Experiential Learning workshops to improve faculty confidence in course design principles
No full textWhile faculty are subject matter experts in their fields of research, they are often lacking the pedagogical training to support student academic success. Additionally, career readiness skills are increasingly a focus in higher education through the intentional inclusion of soft skills or "21st-century skills" in the classroom. Experiential learning theory is an established framework to enhance student learning and switch from passive learning modalities to active learning in the classroom and can serve as a support for students\u27 development of workforce readiness skills while learning course content. Bethune-Cookman University is engaged in a five-year initiative to improve student academic success through experiential learning. Faculty workshops were developed to assist faculty with reimagining their undergraduate courses with ELT and incorporating lessons designed to improve students\u27 transferable competencies and skills. Faculty surveys demonstrate increases in confidence and knowledge in applying ELT principles within their course designs at the conclusion of the workshops. The course planning document developed for this workshop series facilitated the faculty\u27s application of ELT and course design principles to 32 reimagined courses across the University and from first-year through graduate courses
The Denial of Self and Belonging: Exploring Disability Identity and Society Using Classical Sociological Theory
Get PDFResearchers of disability studies define disability identity as intertwining disability with a sense of connection to the disability community. However, with continued social and spatial barriers, people with disabilities may not always form a disability identity, resulting in issues that may span throughout the lifespan, ranging from ostracization, a decline in psychological wellness, and difficulties collectively pushing back against stigma. As contemporary academia and society expand their documentation of the challenging experiences people with disabilities undergo regarding identity formation and community belonging, it poses a unique opportunity to explore the nature of disability during modern social analysis. Therefore, outlining Harriet Martineau\u27s work as a deaf female social analyst presents space to examine George Herbert Mead’s hope for a “universal society” critically through the insights of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and W.E.B. Du Bois to address how to create a society that is equitable and diverse
K-pop Fandoms Through Durkheim’s Lens
Get PDFApplying Emile Durkheim’s ideas to modern-day K-pop fandoms provides insight into how classical sociological theories can still be found today. This theoretical framework explores how fandom culture, specifically through the lens of K-pop, showcases ideas from classic sociological theories. Emile Durkheim\u27s ideas of solidarity, integration, rituals, and anomie connect to the concepts found in K-pop fandoms. Organic solidarity is shown through the interdependence of different roles within a K-pop fandom to keep it alive, while mechanical solidarity is demonstrated through multiple factors, like internalizing idols’ values or creating black oceans, to further strengthen the well-being of the fandom and idols. K-pop fans utilize rituals, like fan chants or watching online entertainment programs, in order to foster this integration within their fandom. The connection K-pop fans have fostered turns into a solution to anomie, leading them further away from alienation. Further research can provide a more in-depth analysis of how other classical theories can apply to newer fans of K-pop or other fandoms
TV Show Review: Birth of a Rebellion – A Sociological Look at Andor: A Star Wars Story
Get PDFVery few television shows in modern times showcase the dynamics between an oppressive system and people affected by these forces of oppression. Even fewer show this social dynamic in a relatable, grounded way as it is shown in the show Andor (2022). The struggles of a young rebel movement bred from these oppressive forces of the galactic empire are displayed in a brutal yet relevant way that mirrors real-life rebel causes in our society and history. Many themes and social issues highlighted throughout the show’s episodic arcs hold much truth and act as important social commentaries that spark dialogue about real oppressive factors in our own social institutions. In this review, I will focus on a few major sociological aspects that I feel are important to cover. The forces of colonialism at work, acts of cultural rebellion, critiquing the status quo, and mass incarceration are some of the key themes throughout Andor showcasing how individuals from various backgrounds are socialized due to the colonialistic nature of an oppressive regime. A highlight of the show is that it shows how individuals from different social statuses react to oppression and what steps they take to adapt or resist the societal norms laid by the forces of oppression. As much as the themes are important, the range of the diverse characters of Andor are the heart and soul of the show. Through their points of view, we as an audience are compelled to understand how people of different social statuses and backgrounds react to oppression and rebellion. The working-class struggle, what roles the privileged play in these struggles, hopeful revolutionaries, and those fighting for a cause that they struggle to support