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Feminism in the Math Classroom: A View Through the Lens of Hegemony

Submitted by aaclh on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 5:28pm

In class on November 6, 2008, Professor Anne Dalke gave a sketch of an argument based on work by Louis Althusser and Antonio Gramsci that goes something like: people want to be 'hailed and recruited' so they submit to others' domination. She gave as an example, the classroom. Students at Bryn Mawr College pay upwards of $35,000 a year to attend Bryn Mawr and in doing so allow professors and the administration control over them (ie submit to domination). In return, students feel recognized as subjects, in particular, as scholars (ie feel 'hailed and recruited' by those in power). As a feminist math major who has

What is Idaho too Great for?

Submitted by jzarate on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 5:06pm

What is Idaho too great for?

Mental Health and the Brain: Participant Papers

Mental Health and the Brain:
A Discussion
Fall, 2008

a course at Bryn Mawr College and associated public conversation

Mental Health: Pharmacotherapy and Talk Therapy I

Mental Health and the Brain:
A Discussion
Fall, 2008

a course at Bryn Mawr College and associated public conversation

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