COM 312 - Resistance Rhetorics

In a moment when histories, cultures, and communities are being actively erased from official narratives, and mediated propaganda has accelerated due to advanced AI, scholars, community leaders, and community archivists continue to draw from memory studies to preserve knowledge, stories, and histories in community archives. These archives function as material rhetorics of resistance. This course will blend theory, analysis, and application to help students understand and practice archival memory. Grounded in intersectional feminist theories, rhetorical theories of social movements, and critical memory studies, students will engage in in-depth discussion and analysis of multiple grassroots resistance movements. As the culminating project, students will work in conjunction with Justice, Equality, and Community Archivist Rosa de Jong to apply their foundational knowledge in creating an archive of LGBTQ student experiences at Davidson College.

Satisfies Communication Studies major requirement.
Satisfies Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor requirement.
Satisfies Justice, Equality, and Community requirement.