Contextualizing Feminist Voices

Global Feminisms Project

Contextualizing Feminist Voices, a podcast by the Global Feminisms Project Podcast team, aims to offer an overview of the project's interviews, updates on the country sites, as well as resources and strategies for using the materials in the classroom. Music: Banjo Arba Minch Garden by Cooper Moore. Creative Commons GFP (University of Michigan) originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from different countries around the world. Check out https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/ to access the interviews and additional resources.

  1. Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Teaching, Pedagogy, and Uses of the Archive in the Context of the Classroom

    08/05/2023

    Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Teaching, Pedagogy, and Uses of the Archive in the Context of the Classroom

    In this episode, Dr. Janaya Lasker-Ferretti, who currently serves as coordinator of second-year Italian courses in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, discusses her application of the Italy country site interviews in Italian language learning courses. Music credit: Banjo Arba Minch Garden by Cooper Moore. Creative Commons. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cooper-Moore/A_Retrospective_1990-2010/h_Banjo_Arba_Minch_Garden These episodes of “Contextualizing Feminist Voices: Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project” focus on how individual teachers have used the materials in their courses. In each episode, you will hear strategies for using the materials that different faculty tried, as well as their thoughts about what those strategies allowed them to accomplish in their teaching. Though each podcast is based on material for a particular course, we think they have ready applicability to courses on different topics GFP originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from different countries around the world. Check out https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/ to access the interviews and additional resources on the country sites, including lesson plans and sample syllabi. The GFP is based at the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan

    10 min
  2. Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Global Feminisms Course

    06/30/2023

    Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Global Feminisms Course

    In this episode, Dr. Durba Mitra, Richard B. Wolf Associate Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University discusses her utilization of the Global Feminisms Project Archive in her undergraduate General Education class entitled “Global Feminisms”. Dr. Mitra emphasizes her appreciation for GFP’s archive of primary source materials from modern transnational activists to further her students’ and own studies on international feminist movements.  Full transcript Music credit: Banjo Arba Minch Garden by Cooper Moore. Creative Commons. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cooper-Moore/A_Retrospective_1990-2010/h_Banjo_Arba_Minch_Garden These episodes of “Contextualizing Feminist Voices: Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project” focus on how individual teachers have used the materials in their courses. In each episode, you will hear strategies for using the materials that different faculty tried, as well as their thoughts about what those strategies allowed them to accomplish in their teaching. Though each podcast is based on material for a particular course, we think they have ready applicability to courses on different topics GFP originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from different countries around the world. Check out https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/ to access the interviews and additional resources on the country sites, including lesson plans and sample syllabi. The GFP is based at the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan

    6 sec
  3. Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Gender in Global Context

    03/31/2023

    Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Gender in Global Context

    In this episode, Dr. Abigail Stewart, Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan, discusses how she and her students engaged with the GFP archive to learn more about the global contexts of women’s movements. Dr. Stewart encouraged her students to recognize both parallels and differences between interviews to better understand the cultural and historical contexts of women’s movements. Music credit: Banjo Arba Minch Garden by Cooper Moore. Creative Commons. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cooper-Moore/A_Retrospective_1990-2010/h_Banjo_Arba_Minch_Garden These episodes of “Contextualizing Feminist Voices: Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project” focus on how individual teachers have used the materials in their courses. In each episode, you will hear strategies for using the materials that different faculty tried, as well as their thoughts about what those strategies allowed them to accomplish in their teaching. Though each podcast is based on material for a particular course, we think they have ready applicability to courses on different topics GFP originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from different countries around the world. Check out https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/ to access the interviews and additional resources on the country sites, including lesson plans and sample syllabi. The GFP is based at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) at the University of Michigan

    14 min
  4. Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Courses on Psychology of Gender

    02/08/2023

    Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Courses on Psychology of Gender

    In this episode, Dr. Desi Rios, Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL), discusses her use of the Global Feminisms Project interviews in her “Psychology of Women and Gender” and “Psychology of Gender, Race, and Sexuality” classes, as she encourages students to discover more about the lives of GFP interviewees. Podcast (Audio File; YouTube) Podcast Transcript Music credit: Banjo Arba Minch Garden by Cooper Moore. Creative Commons. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cooper-Moore/A_Retrospective_1990-2010/h_Banjo_Arba_Minch_Garden These episodes of “Contextualizing Feminist Voices: Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project” focus on how individual teachers have used the materials in their courses. In each episode, you will hear strategies for using the materials that different faculty tried, as well as their thoughts about what those strategies allowed them to accomplish in their teaching. Though each podcast is based on material for a particular course, we think they have ready applicability to courses on different topics GFP originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from different countries around the world. Check out https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/ to access the interviews and additional resources on the country sites, including lesson plans and sample syllabi. The GFP is based at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) at the University of Michigan

    15 min
  5. Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Courses on Reproductive Justice and Coalition Building

    01/25/2023

    Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project: Courses on Reproductive Justice and Coalition Building

    In this episode, Dr. Patrick Grzanka, Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, discusses his integration of the Global Feminisms Project interviews in introductory to graduate-level classes to reveal the personal narratives behind broad social transformations. Podcast (Audio File; YouTube) Podcast Transcript Music credit: Banjo Arba Minch Garden by Cooper Moore. Creative Commons. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cooper-Moore/A_Retrospective_1990-2010/h_Banjo_Arba_Minch_Garden These episodes of “Contextualizing Feminist Voices: Teaching with the Global Feminisms Project” focus on how individual teachers have used the materials in their courses. In each episode, you will hear strategies for using the materials that different faculty tried, as well as their thoughts about what those strategies allowed them to accomplish in their teaching. Though each podcast is based on material for a particular course, we think they have ready applicability to courses on different topics GFP originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from different countries around the world. Check out https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/ to access the interviews and additional resources on the country sites, including lesson plans and sample syllabi. The GFP is based at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) at the University of Michigan

    16 min

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Contextualizing Feminist Voices, a podcast by the Global Feminisms Project Podcast team, aims to offer an overview of the project's interviews, updates on the country sites, as well as resources and strategies for using the materials in the classroom. Music: Banjo Arba Minch Garden by Cooper Moore. Creative Commons GFP (University of Michigan) originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from different countries around the world. Check out https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/ to access the interviews and additional resources.