Pedagogies of Dignity
Project Directors: Christia Mercer
Graduate Assistant: Olivia Leigh Branscum
Pedagogies of Dignity was an interdisciplinary initiative that brought together formerly incarcerated people, activists, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates from the Humanities and Social Sciences.
This project had a theoretical and practical component. The theoretical component explored the philosophical and political importance of human dignity. In current debates about criminal justice reform, institutionalized racism, systemic economic injustice, and related issues, the notion of human dignity has emerged as key. The practical component of our project involved the development of a pedagogy of dignity. The formerly incarcerated members of our group worked with those who have taught in prison to create best-practice standards for such teaching. Our practical work informed – and was informed by – our theoretical conversations.
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