Component Exploration 1: “Cheers to Capitalism” Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online C.J. is a young Asian-Canadian woman. The first component presented is her poem “Cheers to Capitalism,” which is about the racial and gender stereotyping she has experienced in the workforce. The second component is an excerpted set of C.J.’s thoughts on her poem …
Disappearing Completely Takeaways Understand how the intersecting oppression of racism and sanism within mental health systems and in the community affect racialized people experiencing mental distress Analyze the intersections of race, gender, citizenship and mental distress for racialized people in Canada Appreciate the impacts of cultural expectations, stereotyping, and racism on individuals’ experiences of mental …
Component Exploration: “Inexplicable Maze” Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online Ashley T. is a young bisexual, Black, biracial woman diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder-Type two. The first component for this unit is her Inexplicable Maze painting that expresses her experience trying to navigate a system that was not built for her. Additional components are her artist’s …
Component Evaluation: Discussion Based Activity Timing: 30 minutes; flexible Mode: In-class; online After going through the module and unit content hold a discussion that looks at the various intersections pointed out by Ashley. You may also post these questions to an online forum for an asynchronous discussion. What do interlocking oppressions allow us to understand …
Component Evaluation: Knowledge Mobilization Timing: 120 minutes; flexible Mode: In-class; online Knowledge mobilization is about making research accessible outside of academia. It involves information sharing and takes many forms. These forms include things like social media campaigns, infographics, websites, games, podcasts, and much more. For this exercise have your students work in groups of 2-3 …
The “Inexplicable Maze” Unit Takeaways Recognize that the mental health system is structured to enforce racism, sexism, sanism, and other forms of oppression Understand the effects of trying to navigate a system that has been created and mobilized to oppress, negate, and abuse those who are already marginalized Appreciate the importance of intersectional resistance and …
Components: Self-guided Timing: 35-45 minutes Mode: In-class; Online Students should listen to Psychiatric Hollywood and the accompanying audio by Annalissa Crisostomo describing how and why the artivist piece was created. Link to Psychiatric Hollywood on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/acrisostomo/sets/psychiatric-hollywood See Full Transcript for Psychiatric Hollywood here Appendix A See Audio Transcript here Appendix B While listening, …
Component Evaluation: Deconstructing Madness Timing: 40 – 50 minutes Mode: In-class; Online Although it is extremely important to challenge depictions and false representations found within film and other media, we should not discount the benefits of fiction and non-fiction narratives to participate in practices of bearing witness and truth-telling needed to combat stigma and produce …
Psychiatric Hollywood Takeaways Recognize how emotions can motivate us to engage with ourselves, our own beliefs, and others through self-reflection and dialogue Acknowledge how diagnosis and treatment can stigmatize and oppress marginalized groups and survivors of trauma Understand how fiction and non-fiction art can participate in bearing witness and storytelling Components Psychiatric Hollywood Audio Series …
Component Evaluation: Community Grant Proposal Time: 120 minutes; flexible Mode: In class; Online Community art collaborations are supported by a variety of institutions that help fund different projects. This funding is a crucial part of ensuring the larger success of a project. Funding allows organizers to be paid, to seek out needed materials, and the …
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