Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Identity

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This class explores the ways in which the human rights framework produces, reproduces, and makes legible identities. Specifically, we will focus on themes such as race, gender/sexuality, and religion. Along the way, the class will examine the power dynamics that get formed between people and states and the ways in which various forms of identification are transformed by state policies and political practices, especially in postcolonial contexts.