On display until February 27 in the Sarah Doyle Gallery: "How to Unmake an American Quilt," by Amber Ginsburg & Katie Hargrave.

Ginsburg's work explores material, social, and utopic histories through site-specific sculptures, and Hargrave's work uses archival and community-sourced research to create poetic and quiet activism. Together, they've created a piece that asks viewers to question ideas of labor, gender roles and historical nostalgia by skilling without an emphasis on result. We invite you to join them in deconstructing an intricate hand-made quilt.

Seizing the Means of Reproduction is a one-day conference that explores reproductive labor and social reproduction as contested sites of struggle. Centrally, this conference tracks the multiple historical sites, geographic locations, and activist genealogies that form and inform our collective imagination of these conceptual rubrics. At the same time, we aim to recalibrate contemporary diagnoses of post-Fordism by foregrounding and historicizing Marxist feminist theorizations of racial capitalism, the welfare state, and neoliberalism. This conference will also revisit the legacy of the 1970's Wages for Housework and Welfare Rights movements in relation to pressing issues of contemporary social inquiry and social struggle: the international division of domestic, sexual, and caring labor; the assault on welfare in an age of neoliberal austerity; the rise of the prison industrial complex; and the question of “the commons.”

Speakers:

Mimi Abramovitz
Aren Aizura
Silvia Federici
Selma James (via Skype)
Sara Clarke Kaplan
Priya Kandaswamy
Premilla Nadasen
Neferti X. M. Tadiar
Frances Fox Piven
Kathi Weeks
Soyoung Yoon

Are you interested in feminist approaches to teaching and learning? Join us once a month for an informal seminar to discuss texts dedicated to implementing feminist pedagogy in the classroom. The texts for February will focus on the concept of “safety” in the classroom. 

Open to all educators who want to learn more about and engage in feminist pedagogical practices.  

Snacks provided! 

Monday, February 22 
5:30-7 PM
SDWC Lounge

Please RSVP to Brandy (brandeise_monk-payton@brown.edu) to attend and obtain readings.

Are you interested in discussing the challenges facing women and underrepresented minorities in the STEM classroom? Are you committed to addressing sexism/racism/ableism/classism as a STEM educator? Do you have actionable ideas to improve STEM education at Brown? Come discuss with with us at the next WE-Teach-STEM Bi-weekly Lunch! Free pizza and salad, sponsored by the SDWC and the Science Center, will be available for the first 15 attendees. Questions? Email Kyle Trenshaw at kft@brown.edu.

Next Meeting:
Wednesday, February 24, 12-1 PM
SDWC Lounge