Week 03b Nests and Cages –
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A SEED framework that we use to understand the potential and the challenges of identity-based work is Nests and Cages. What would it mean for our identities to each feel like an essential part of us that enables us to be, belong, and become our whole self and to be well? Why is that at times our identities can turn us into being targeted and othered, outed, and oppressed? You can see the attached handout for the following activity, or you can draw or visualize your own nest and cage.
Take two minutes to reflect and journal about what have been the messages you have received and actions directed at your or even that you have taken up yourself that have made gender feel like a cage for you? That is, they make you feel less than, like an “other” or “outsider,” or oppressed.
Then take two more minutes to reflect and journal about what have been the messages you have received and actions directed at you or even that you have taken up yourself that have made gender feel like a nest for you? That is, they make you feel whole, well, like you can be, belong, and become who you are seeking to be.
Post either or both of your responses in the discussion board below. Read and respectfully respond to others.
References
Frye, M. (1983). The Politics of Reality (pp. 1-16). Freedom, CA: Crossing Press.
EDUC 251 03A Birdcage
Name _________________________________
Nests and Cages
What would it mean for our identities to be nests for us? What are
the twigs and threads that make up our identities in ways that
support our wholeness and wellness?
Howe, E. D. (2020). Nests and cages [watercolor paintings]. Shelburne Falls, MA:
SEED Project.
And why is that sometimes our identities can function as cages
entrapping us? What are the wires that keep us constrained?
Frye, M. (1983). Oppression. In The Politics of Reality (pp. 1-16). Freedom, CA:
Crossing Press.