A ‘journey in feminist theory together’

The Doing Feminist Theory Through Digital Video project

Bibliographic Data

ID12712902
AuthorsRachel Hurst (0000-0002-2589-2805, St. Francis Xavier University, corresponding author), Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst (St. Francis Xavier University)
Year2014
Volume13
Issue4
Pages333-347
Publication date2014-08-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArts and Humanities in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-0222 • E-ISSN: 1741-265X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1474022214545921
OpenAlexW2323412436
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

Doing Feminist Theory Through Digital Video is an assignment I designed for my undergraduate feminist theory course, where students created a short digital video on a concept in feminist theory. I outline the assignment and the pedagogical and epistemological frameworks that structured the assignment (digital storytelling, participatory video and feminist approaches to service learning) before presenting an analysis of its learning outcomes gleaned through interviews with students. I argue that incorporating creative and service learning components into a feminist theory course deepens student learning about praxis and subjectivity because it engages their spirit, mind and body, leading to a sustained engagement with feminist theory and an ability to imagine feminist theory outside of the university classroom. My objective for this paper is to share what I have learned as an educator from this project, and that this will be useful to others interested in adapting this kind of assignment to their own pedagogical contexts

Digital Storytelling · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist pedagogy · Feminist philosophy · Feminist theory · Pedagogy · Praxis · Sociology · Digital Storytelling and Education · Gender Studies · Literacy, Media, and Education · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media

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