Creating and Becoming

Introduction

Several thinkers we have read this semester write about a new consciousness or a new way of being. Anzaldúa theorizes on alien/mestiza/borderlands consciousness, Guevaraon the new man and the new woman, Nietzscheon the overman. As youdefine these concepts, explain how these new subjectivities (or identities) are created, that is to say, how do we becomea mestiza consciousness, a new man/woman, or the overman? In doing so, make connections between these concepts and processes.

Prompts for exercise. Please address all items

1. 1. What qualifies these subjectivities as ‘new’ and what does each seek to overcome, transform, and/or metamorphosize?
   2. Are these processes individual, collective, or both?
   3. How do they affect social change?
   4. How do these new subjectivities fit into conceptions of a ‘new’ world/society inMarx’s socialism, Kropotkin’s anarcho-communalism, and the Zapatistas’ autonomism?
   5. Drawing from your analysis, explain your own vision for a new wayof being.

Steps to create the Final Exercise. Please follow all of these steps

1. 1. 1. Re-read PowerPoint “Marx,”Moodle, Class 3,“Nietzsche,” Class 5, “Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, Class 7, “bell hooks,” Class 8,“Anzaldúa,” Class 9, in Moodle.
      2. Look at your notes and your underlined texts of “The Communist Manifesto,” Class 3, “Thus Spoke…,” Class 5, “Socialism and Man,” Class 7, “Feminism is for Everybody,” Class 8, “La Conciencia…” in Moodle.
      3. Look up terms in “Basic Definitions of Marxist Terminology” –Class 3, “Main Concepts,” Class 5, ‘Definitions of Sexuality and Gender,” and in “Intersectionality 101,” class 8 in Moodle
      4. Have an awesome discussion
      5. Make a eleven-minute long presentation in any of the formats suggested below
      6. Title every submission and include teammates names. The title needs to include your table number.
      7. At the end of class today, please upload your notes, texts, PPs, Spoken Word written text, script for Skits, and notes, images and videos to the Final Project folder in Moodle. Everything needs to be titled (including table number) and include the names of teammates.

Possible Presentation Formats

Spoken Word, Skits, Video and image analysis, Power Point                                                                                                              Other creative formats might also be accepted, previous consultation with facilitators

Presentation Guidelines