1. Wrt 205: critical research
Dr. Rusty Bartels
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Week 2, Day 2

2. Overview
Intro
Privilege
Power
Power & Privilege
Wrap-up

3. Intro
Taking Power, Privilege, Identity together and scaling out from individual to systems
Important to do because:
Part of understanding who we are, and where and how we are situated
Understanding how we’re situated, with attendant powers & privileges (and lack thereof) helps us understand our ethical frameworks and approaches to civic discourse

4. Privilege In Groups of 1, 2, or 3…
Use Rothman to summarize your understanding and/or definition of “Privilege”
As a follow up to our conversation on identification last week, what might be some examples of identities or experiences that are privileged?
Think especially in terms of how systems and institutions might perpetuate these privileges.

5. Power
Freewrite:
Based on your recollection of Liu’s talk, how do power, the civic, citizenship, and local come together?
What frameworks and/or arguments is Liu building?
Now, I want you to think about your responses there as we move in to watching a follow-up to his talk:

6. Power & Privilege
Liu identifies 6 sources of power in the civic arena:
Physical Force
Wealth
State Action
Social Norms
Ideas
Numbers
He then identifies 3 Laws of Power:
Power is never static
Power is like water
Power compounds

7. Power & Privilege
Liu identifies 6 sources of power in the civic arena:
Physical Force
Wealth
State Action
Social Norms
Ideas
Numbers
In Groups of 1, 2, or 3…
What ways might privilege play out in some of these sources of power?
How might these privileges be interpersonal, and how might they be systemic, or institutional?

8. Power & Privilege…& Literacy
Literacy in power
“Read” Power
“Write” Power
If we take this call of power literacy to heart, and are able to think about it in relation to the intersection of Ethics & Civic Discourse, what might be some ways that you might “read” or “write” to become more adept at navigating power?

9. Wrap-up Wrap-up Today we: Next time:
Discussed power, privilege, intersections between the two and connections to Ethics & Civic Discourse
Next time:
Studio — come with whatever devices, notebooks, materials, etc. you might use to begin working on your first assignment.
Headphones are welcome.
No reading, nothing due to turn in.