Political Science (PS) |
936 Prince Lucien Campbell, 541-346-4864
College of Arts & Sciences
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9 - Low cost (less than $50) for class textbook materials.
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Course Data
| PS 316 Blck Lives Matr & Demo >2 >AC >US |
4.00 cr. |
| Explores the ideological origins and contemporary politics of the Black Lives Matter movement. Modules include the demands of/on democracy, race and the criminal justice system, and the politics of protest. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Scott B |
Office:
832 PLC
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| Course Materials |
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CRN |
Avail |
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Time |
Day |
Location |
Instructor |
Notes |
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24516 |
1 |
75 |
1400-1520 |
mw |
302 GER |
Scott B |
9 |
Final Exam: |
1445-1645 |
r 3/21 |
302 GER |
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Academic Deadlines
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Last day to: |
| January 7: |
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| January 13: |
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| January 13: |
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| January 14: |
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| January 14: |
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| January 15: |
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| January 15: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| January 21: |
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| January 21: |
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| January 28: |
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| January 28: |
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| February 4: |
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| February 4: |
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| February 25: |
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| February 25: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| The eruption of protests in 2014 and 2015 condemning the police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Eric Garner in New York City, Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, and far too many other African Americans throughout the United States has raised serious and pressing questions about the nature of American democracy. Amalgamated under the rallying cry, discourse, hashtag, and organizational structure of Black Lives Matter, this movement has been heralded by some as a “new civil rights movement,” and lamented by others as a myopic, outdated, and unnecessary focus on the politics of race in the “post-racial” America of the twenty-first century. All sides, however, can agree that Black Lives Matter has substantially changed the conversation about race and racism in America and elsewhere, so much that Time Magazine shortlisted Black Lives Matter as its “Person of the Year” in 2015.
This course explores the ideological origins and contemporary politics of the Black Lives Matter movement. It is divided into three broad themes. First, the Demands of/on Democracy will explore how Black Lives Matter engages questions about the substance, breadth, ethos, and limits of American democracy, including its historical inheritance from nineteenth and twentieth century movements for Black liberation. Second, the Devaluation of Blacks Lives will explore how Black Lives Matter has exposed the ways that American society is characterized by and perpetuates anti-Black racism, in that Black lives are too often subjected to police brutality and violence, mechanisms of state surveillance, a blatantly racist criminal justice system, formidable obstacles to the accumulation of wealth, restricted access to dwindling social services and public goods, environmental hazards, ghettoization and gentrification, deteriorating public schools, and a host of other social ills that tend to systematically target and disadvantage African Americans. Third, the Politics of Protest will explore the ways that Black Lives Matter has maintained its presence in social and mainstream media by using a variety of disruptive protest tactics, in which the seizure of public spaces works to interrupt the status quo by giving sustained attention to the social structures that too often remain hidden from or ignored by white, middle class society. As a whole, the course seeks to answer the question of whether contemporary structures and strictures of American democracy can be reformulated to create a future in which African Americans have access to substantive and meaningful forms of social, political, and economic equality. |
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