Reflect on the documentary or TED Talk you chose to view (A, B, or C) with a specific focus on issues of power. Consider how the media piece addresses the dynamics of power—whether political, social, economic, or cultural—and its relationship to gender-based violence, particularly feminicide.
For your discussion post, respond to the following questions:
Power Structures:
How does the documentary or TED Talk reveal the power structures that perpetuate gender-based violence? Consider local, national, and transnational levels of power. How are institutions like the state, economy (e.g., maquiladoras), or patriarchal culture implicated in these power dynamics?
Resistance and Agency:
In what ways does the media piece depict acts of resistance or agency against these power structures? How do women (or communities) in the documentary or TED Talk reclaim power through activism, art, spirituality, or storytelling?
Intersectionality and Power:
How do race, class, and other intersecting identities shape the power relations discussed in the media piece? How are marginalized women, particularly Indigenous or working-class women, impacted by these intersecting forces of oppression?
Transnational Dimensions of Power:
How does the media piece connect gender-based violence to transnational forces, such as global capitalism, colonialism, or immigration policies? How are these global systems of power challenged or reinforced within the narrative?
Instructions:
Read the document Power Dynamics in Transnational Feminist Responses to Gender-Based Violence. Watch the listed documentaries.
Write a 300-word discussion post analyzing the power dynamics in the context of feminicide and gender-based violence as presented in the media. Use your own voice when commenting on DB, and your COW notes, do not copy paste from the document.
Engage with at least two of your classmates’ posts by identifying commonalities or differences in the ways power is portrayed in their chosen media.
Read document posted on assignment instructions
Documentary Viewing:
A: Feminismo cosmico TED Talk of Ciudad Juarez
B: “The Half Moon Files” (2007) – Directed by Philip Scheffner.
C: Ecos del desierto by a Ciudad Juarez native Alejandra Aragon https://ecosdeldesierto.org/?case=6
Activities:
Discussion Board: Analyze transnational feminist responses to gender-based violence.