CaitinScholar ActivismFinal Blog/ Going forward with devotion and progressEvery single time I walk past the Memorial Union construction site I chuckle at all the promotional signage. The Wisconsin Idea needs a…Dec 4, 2015Dec 4, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #10/ “Action and reflection upon the world in order to change it”“In the United States it is rare that anyone talks about teachers in university settings as healers. And it is even more rare to hear…Nov 27, 2015Nov 27, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #9/ The Duality of the Raven“It is crucial to recognize that our communities hold the power to begin shifting the discourse away from damage and toward desire and…Nov 20, 2015Nov 20, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #8/ [When Are We] Positioned Out of Bounds?These two quotes reverberated in my stream of consciousness as I read Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman’s Out of Bounds?: Negotiating Researcher…Nov 13, 2015Nov 13, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #7/ The Balancing Act“They have to find that unique balance of not losing who they are while still doing the work that will get them where they want to be. I…Nov 6, 2015Nov 6, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #6/Constellations of Differential Sites of PowerPatricia Hill Collins envisions Martin Luther King’s “Beloved Community” as a public space where inclusion is not only fostered but is…Oct 30, 2015Oct 30, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #5/On Becoming a FootnoteI find myself returning to Sandy Schram’s 3x5 index card story. In his book Becoming a Footnote, Sandy opens with a story of when he…Oct 23, 2015Oct 23, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #4/ “We had to walk across the street to have those discussions”Naming is a powerful thing. As I reflect on our class discussion and the readings, I find myself returning to the notion of naming. Maybe…Oct 16, 2015Oct 16, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #3/“Remember your humanity and forget the rest”This week Donald Downs, UW-Madison’s Meiklejohn Professor of Political Science, Law, and Journalism, visited our class to discuss legality…Oct 9, 2015Oct 9, 2015
CaitinScholar ActivismBlog #2/ The Scholar Activist Continuum…errr, SpectrumWhile reading David Croteau’s “Which Side Are You On? The Tension between Movement Scholarship and Activism,” I warred with myself (yet…Oct 2, 2015Oct 2, 2015