Queer-Feminist-Antiracism and Design for the Future

This subject is offered at MIT within Media Arts & Sciences and at the University of Texas at Arlington within the Theatre Studies Program. The subject is called “Queer-Feminist-Antiracism and Design for the Future.” The class will introduce students to three concepts: 1) Critical theories provide tools to analyze the history of professional fields and find patterns of racism, misogyny, fear of queerness & mistreatment of people with disabilities. 2) Contributions from scholars practicing Queer-Feminist-Antiracism provide a framework to design liberatory progress within engineering, science, art, design; 3) The class will practice designing Queer-Feminist-Antiracist prototypes based on the students’ experience. During the two semester class, students work on projects and art performance.