Trans Autotheories
An in-depth examination of trans lives and selves through autobiography, memoir, theory, performance, visual arts, music, spacing, place making, zines, and vlogs within Trans Studies.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Explain the history of and critical perspectives in Trans Studies/Theory.
Read and research theoretical scholarship.
Identify practical strategies for developing and conducting theory-driven research.
Describe approaches to researching socio-spatial topics.
Demonstrate the basics of writing and editing academic theoretical research.
Recall the key debates in Trans Studies/Theory.
Identify critical issues in recent socio-spatial theory and the implications for, refractions through, and/or reactions by broader contemporary intellectual movements.
Design and complete theoretical, critical scholarship.
Describe pedagogical strategies for guiding classroom discussions.
Develop personalized set of approaches to mediating challenging geographical, critical, and theoretical concepts for a broad range of learners.
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
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Topics
- Autobiography, memoir, theory, performance, visual arts, music, spacing, place making, zines, and vlogs.
- Styles of self-making and conceptions of trans lives, worlds, and social formations.
- Auto-theoretical strategies reimagining genre, style, space, and media for new trans aesthetics and theories.
- History of and critical perspectives in Trans Studies/Theory.
Skills
- Reading and researching theoretical scholarship; designing and completing theoretical, critical scholarship.
- Developing and conducting theory-driven research on socio-spatial topics.
- Writing and editing academic theoretical research.
- Guiding classroom discussions and mediating complex geographical and theoretical concepts for diverse learners.
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