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Siscoe, Robert Weston and Odermatt, Zachary (2022). Seeking to Understand: Small Group Dialogues about Race and Gender. Teach Philos., 45 (3). S. 477 - 500. CHARLOTTESVILLE: PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENTATION CENTER. ISSN 2153-6619

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Abstract

It is no secret that we, as a society, struggle to have productive conversations about race and gender. Discussions about these issues are be -set with obstacles, from the inherent power dynamics between conversation partners to the fear that participants feel about saying something harmful. One practice that can help address these difficulties is intergroup dialogue- sustained, small group discussions with participants from a variety of social identities. In this paper, we detail how we incorporated intergroup dialogue into a 120-student Philosophy of Race, Class, and Gender course, providing a blueprint for anyone who wants to help their students develop the ability to take part in fruitful conversations surrounding these challenging topics. We provide strategies for how to design intergroup dialogues to avoid many of the common pitfalls of such conversations, strategies that ultimately helped our students become more likely to initiate and participate in worthwhile discussions on race and gender. We expect our experiences to be especially helpful for instructors of large courses, where making time for small group dialogue is quite challenging, but many of the practices we used can also be adapted for smaller scale courses as well.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Siscoe, Robert Weston UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Odermatt, Zachary UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-668915
DOI:	10.5840/teachphil2022427169
Journal or Publication Title:	Teach Philos.
Volume:	45
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 477 - 500
Date:	2022
Publisher:	PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENTATION CENTER
Place of Publication:	CHARLOTTESVILLE
ISSN:	2153-6619
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Philosophy Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66891