One-credit online seminar on Reproductive Justice offered in spring 2024. Work runs for three weeks, from 4/29 - 5/19.
BETH 605-03 / PHIL 505-05 / PHIL 605-05
| Instructor: |
Vilde Lid Aavitsland, PhD (she/her) |
| Email: |
vilde.aavitsland@louisville.edu |
| Date, time, and location |
Online, 4/29-5/10 plus a final presentation. |
This is a 1 credit-hour online seminar.
In this class we will tackle the question of reproductive health justice, with a special focus on how race, class, and gender affect reproductive health and health care access. We will ask questions such as: What are the ethical justifications for and against abortion? What would reproductive freedom entail? How are reproductive rights imbricated with beliefs about motherhood, class, and race?
SESSION SCHEDULE
MODULE 1: ABORTION, ETHICAL THEORIES, AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
| By 4/30 |
Read the texts, engage with lecture content and post to discussion board |
MODULE 2: REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, WITH GUEST SPEAKER AMBER DUKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ACLU OF KENTUCKY
| By 5/3 |
Read texts. Prepare and upload reading responses |
MODULE 3: MATERNITY, RISK, AND SURVEILLANCE
| By 5/7 |
Read the texts, prepare questions for the guest speaker and / or class |
MODULE 4: DISABILITY, SEX, AND REPRODUCTION
| By 5/10 |
Read the texts, prepare reading response |
MODULE 5: FINAL PRESENTATION
| By 5/17 |
prepare and post a final presentation on a topic of your choice in reproductive justice and health |
By 5/19
|
View and respond to other students' presentations |
photo credit: Orlando Miranda, El19
