Week three was facilitated by Zara Bain and Rachelle Bascara. Both gave excellent overviews and critical responses to the chapter under discussion (chapter 5, 'Moral Responsibility and Complicity in Philosophical Scholarship').
Their handouts are available here (Rachelle's) and here (Zara's).
We were down in numbers slightly, with 11 people in the room, and 6–7 people joining us online (including, I believe, the Utrecht cluster group). Next week, we will be looking at chapter 6, 'Rearticulating White Moral Responsibility' and will convene in the same room (Committee room 4) at the usual time.
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Notes from the second session (Adam Ferner)
The second session of our group was facilitated by Laurencia Saenz and Jonathan Nassim, and we discussed chapters 3 ("The Subject of White Complicity") and chapter 4 ("The Epistemology of Complicity: The Discourse of Not Knowing and Refusing to Know") of Barbara Applebaum's book. There were 17 people in the room, and 6 people online (including the Utrecht research group). The conversation was productive and we raised and discussed the following questions:
1. To what degree does language shape the position of the subject (in terms of inclusion, exclusion...)
2. How do we help people to agree (rather than disagree) from within their different language games and discourse structures?
3. Is Applebaum herself reproducing a white curriculum? (Most of the authors she cites are white.)
4. How can scholars of colour and white scholars work together to address the discomfort associated with pedagogies of race?
5. What does "bearing witness" entail and how might it be practiced in the classroom?
6. What is the role of intention in criticism? Can there be criticism without intention?
7. How can one spot strategies of disengagement, especially when voiced under the heading of "debate"? How can one respond to them? (Practical)
On the technical side of things, we seem to have ironed out some of the audio difficulties (with a new microphone). We also tried using a webcam – which was largely successful (though poor quality). There was some discussion about the pros and cons of invisible online attendees being able to see members of the group in the room – and this was partially solved by restricting the scope of the image so that group members could sit outside the field of vision if they wished.
1. To what degree does language shape the position of the subject (in terms of inclusion, exclusion...)
2. How do we help people to agree (rather than disagree) from within their different language games and discourse structures?
3. Is Applebaum herself reproducing a white curriculum? (Most of the authors she cites are white.)
4. How can scholars of colour and white scholars work together to address the discomfort associated with pedagogies of race?
5. What does "bearing witness" entail and how might it be practiced in the classroom?
6. What is the role of intention in criticism? Can there be criticism without intention?
7. How can one spot strategies of disengagement, especially when voiced under the heading of "debate"? How can one respond to them? (Practical)
On the technical side of things, we seem to have ironed out some of the audio difficulties (with a new microphone). We also tried using a webcam – which was largely successful (though poor quality). There was some discussion about the pros and cons of invisible online attendees being able to see members of the group in the room – and this was partially solved by restricting the scope of the image so that group members could sit outside the field of vision if they wished.
Tuesday 24 October 2017
Extra session – November 20th
At the end of yesterday's meeting, we discussed the possibility of having an extra session. Judith has now managed to book room 834 for November 20th (same time – 12.30–2pm). Depending on her availability, Barbara Applebaum may join us via Skype.
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Notes from the first session (Adam Ferner)
Yesterday was the first meeting of the Applebaum reading group. We had about 20 attendees in the room and 15 or so online, including a research cluster, organised by Chris Meyns, in Utrecht. Darren Chetty facilitated the discussion (brilliantly), with a break-out session, and we spoke about chapter 1 ('Introduction') and chapter 2 ('White Ignorance and Denials of Complicity: Linking "Benefitting From" to "Contributing To"').
The conversation was productive and key points were raised about the diversionary tactics deployed by white people in conversations about race (e.g. '...sure racism is a problem, but what about class?') and the role of a white academic writing for (?) middle-class, white academia. My own involvement in the conversation was minimal due to microphone problems and an inability to multi-task. On the plus side, the technical side of things seemed to go quite well, with good points being raised in the 'Live Chat', and discussed in the room. We aim to have a better microphone and a webcam for the next meeting.
If you attended the session and have any thoughts that you'd like to share, please email them to applebaumreading@gmail.com and I'll upload them to the blog. Likewise, if you didn't attend, but have thoughts about the first two chapters that you'd like to discuss, please send them over.
Looking forward to the next session!
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Week One
Week one's session will be facilitated by Darren Chetty.
We will be reading chapters 1 and 2 of the book.
We'll start promptly at 12.30 (in room 834 in the IoE) and finishing at 2pm.
Looking forward to it!
We will be reading chapters 1 and 2 of the book.
We'll start promptly at 12.30 (in room 834 in the IoE) and finishing at 2pm.
Looking forward to it!
Live Streaming
So after a fair amount of technological wrangling, we've finally fixed on a way to live-stream the reading group in such a way that people can chat (without impacting on the broadcasting power)!
Basically, the session is going to be live-streamed on an Unlisted channel on YouTube. Adam will send the link out to everyone who's registered as a virtual attendee. In order to chat you need to sign up and get a youtube channel. The details of how you can do this are available here:
http://helpdesk.junglescout.com/article/395-create-youtube-channel
The chat will be projected onto the screen in the room so members in the room can see what the virtual attendees are talking about. Virtual attendees will be able to listen to all of the comments in the room. There's a test session scheduled for Monday morning, so if you want to join me for that to trouble-shoot anything, that would be great.
Adam will be trying to moderate the discussion online, but he's new to this, so bear with him! And send him an email if the online chat isn't working, or you have any other technical difficulties (he'll be checking the applebaumreading@gmail.com account throughout).
Basically, the session is going to be live-streamed on an Unlisted channel on YouTube. Adam will send the link out to everyone who's registered as a virtual attendee. In order to chat you need to sign up and get a youtube channel. The details of how you can do this are available here:
http://helpdesk.junglescout.com/article/395-create-youtube-channel
The chat will be projected onto the screen in the room so members in the room can see what the virtual attendees are talking about. Virtual attendees will be able to listen to all of the comments in the room. There's a test session scheduled for Monday morning, so if you want to join me for that to trouble-shoot anything, that would be great.
Adam will be trying to moderate the discussion online, but he's new to this, so bear with him! And send him an email if the online chat isn't working, or you have any other technical difficulties (he'll be checking the applebaumreading@gmail.com account throughout).
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