september 3, 2026  |  3:30-6:10pm

I. Go-Around & Name Game

1. Thank you Sarah and Stacy who played last week!
2. What is your name and pronouns?  
3. What are your area(s) of focus (no need to worry as these always shift and change)?​
4. What excites you most about grad school/TCU/Texas right now? 

II. Journal Writing: What seems confusing and/or anxiety-inducing about grad school right now? What are your BIG DREAMS for the semester? For the year?

​III. Discussion of the Syllabus, Website, and D2L​

IV. Overview of Hype Presentations

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V.  Sylvia Wynter's "Demonic Ground" CONTINUED!

This week's THREE readings: a) “Beyond Miranda's Meanings: Un/silencing the 'Demonic Ground' of Caliban's ‘Woman’” by Sylvia Wynter; b) excerpts from Katherine McKittrick’s book, Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle; c) chosen text (You can read another chapter from McKittrick, more about racial capitalism and its connection to Black Diasporic and race-radical Black feminist theory, or more about Sylvia Wynter and Black Caribbean scholars' anti-colonial relationship to The Tempest)

Round One: First, we'll unpack Sylvia Wynter's main ideas using Black marker. On your chart, jot down as many main ideas from Wynter as you understand them. Feel free to use quotes, etc., just don't use AI. Put Black women's ideas in YOUR own words, not a  robot's. Imagine yourself making this chart for your classmates. Your notes should be clear enough for your colleagues to understand. Put your names on this chart.

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Round Two: Next, we'll unpack Katherine McKittrick's main ideas using colored markers. On your chart, jot down as many main ideas from McKittrick in connection to what your chart says about Wynter! Feel free to use quotes, etc., just don't use AI. Put Black women's ideas in YOUR own words, not a  robot's. Again, imagine yourself making this chart for your classmates. Your notes should be clear enough for your colleagues to understand.

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Round Three: Next, we'll unpack your third articles using colored pencils. On your chart, connect everyone's third articles to the comments on the chart about Wynter and McKittrick! Feel free to use quotes, etc., just don't use AI. Put Black women's ideas in YOUR own words, not a  robot's. 

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Round Four: Now go back to your original chart. Notice the thinking that has happened there. What are you seeing and connecting now?

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VI. Two Critical Frameworks to Keep in Mind

This course: 1) frames Black Feminist pedagogies beyond institutions/classrooms and 2) frames Black feminist rhetorics within the politics of the Black Radical Tradition and anti-racial-capitalism.

Which of Gilmore's points seem most salient right now for you/your work and why? What questions or comments do you have?