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Conference poster
From Mismeasure of Man to Invisible Man: An examination of scientific racism in the U. S.
Washington State University Academic Showcase (Pullman, Washington)
03/28/2008
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/1365
Abstract
Our section of Western Civilization (UH 330) explores the impact of science on society in historical and current contexts. The course aligns with WSUâ s Six learning Goals of the Baccalaureate. We focus here on the arts & humanities portion of the unit that examines scientific attempts to quantify human intellectual worth. To begin the unit, students read S. J. Gouldâ s Mismeasure of Man, which scrutinizes scientific data from the 18th-20th centuries. These grossly flawed data had appalling consequences, including imprisonment and extermination of Jews under Nazi Germany, and enslavement and segregation of African Americans. As a companion text to the scientifically oriented Mismeasure of Man, students read Ralph Ellisonâ s modern classic novel, Invisible Man. Our poster emphasizes the novelâ s use of music. We provide teaching resources, pedagogy, and student responses to the pedagogy.
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- Title
- From Mismeasure of Man to Invisible Man: An examination of scientific racism in the U. S.
- Creators
- Carol M. Anelli (Author)Richard Law (Author)
- Conference
- Washington State University Academic Showcase (Pullman, Washington)
- Academic Unit
- WSU Academic Showcase 2008
- Grant note
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900502065501842
- Copyright
- In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference poster