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AMST377

Psychology of Oppression and Liberation

Subject code

AMST

Course Number

377

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

Y. Garrison

Course Long Title

Psychology of Oppression and Liberation

Cross Listed Courses

Description

This course examines how psychology continues to uphold the interests of those in power (e.g., ruling/owning class), thus reproducing systems of oppressions (e.g., white supremacy). The course also explores how psychology might be transformed in order to realize people’s liberatory potential. Topics include the ways that psychology has been dehumanized (as Martín-Baró says, psychology "erases the very real thing of life that make up what we are as human beings"); how to embed human experiences within the historical, sociopolitical, and economic context; and how to place psychology in the service of human liberation, especially for those who have hitherto been ignored or relegated to the margins of consideration. Recommended background: PSYC 261 or 262. Only open to juniors and seniors

Writing Credit

No writing credit

Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements

(Psychology: IDEA)

INDS Program Relationship

IDAM - AMST Program

GEC This Course Belongs To

-

Class Restriction

Exclude First Years, Exclude Sophomores