TraumaInformed&Liberatory Prac

Catalog description

This course offers an in-depth exploration of trauma, extending beyond individual diagnoses to examine collective and psychosocial dimensions within historical and cultural contexts. This course will review a spectrum of traumatic experiences, covering their prevalence, factors influencing risk and protection, their impacts, and the pathways to recovery. Drawing upon liberation frameworks, students analyze how structural violence, racism, colonialism, and globalization intersect to impact marginalized communities. Through the perspectives of scholars such as Fanon, Freire, hooks, Hill-Collins, and Martín-Baró, students will explore multiple epistemic points of view to deepen their understanding of trauma and empower them to effect positive societal change.