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Intersectional Identities in One Institution, a photo by Rebecca Cook

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November 28, 2014 - 17:46

Rebecca Cook

November 28, 2014

Disability, Identity, Culture

 

 

Mental Illness in Mawrtyrdom: Bryn Mawr’s Kairotic Spaces

 

            Margaret Price, in her book, Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life, articulates the kind of contact zone exercised in the classroom through the invention of a new word: kairotic space. Price argues that kairotic spaces:

 

Are the less formal, often unnoticed, areas of academe where knowledge is produced and power is exchanged. A classroom discussion is a kairotic space, as is an individual conference with one’s professor… I define a kairotic space as one characterized by all or most of these criteria: 1. Real time unfolding of events. 2. Impromptu communication that is required or encouraged. 3. In-person contact. 4. A strong social element. 5.High stakes. (Price 60-61)

 

September 28, 2014 - 22:50

Motivated by the recent events on campus regarding the confederate flag, and reflecting on my experiences in Africa, I was motivated to express my opinions about social change, both domestically and abroad in this piece titled, "Sustaining the Intersectional Perspective."

 

I have included some media that illustrate the concepts described within.

 

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December 19, 2014 - 11:46

Rebecca Cook

360 Cluster: Identity Matters

December 17, 2014

 

Self Evaluation and Reflection: Rebecca Cook

 

 

            This meeting was important for me-- I needed to decompress and review an experience like this one, which has altered my perspective, seemingly, forever. This course cluster is what I had hoped for in college, mainly developing interpersonal relationships with professors, finding a group in which I felt comfortable enough to express all of my thoughts and encourage others to express theirs, and using academic theories and perspectives to get a better sense of my own identity at this point in time. I wish all students in the liberal arts could find a sense of self through a group and project like this one.