REL 362 - Tarot and Antiracism

4 credit(s)
Many individuals turn to tarot practices to for guidance in life and to explore their identities. This course treats tarot as a cultural artifact and examines it’s relationship with dominant ideologies and systems of oppression. Through the course we will interrogate the imagery and traditional meanings of tarot to see how they are informed by and uphold cultural understandings of social categories (e.g., race, class, gender, sexuality). Through this examination, we explore the possibilities of a tarot practice informed by antiracism, feminism, and/or queer theory. Overall, this course attempts to unroot tarot from dominant ideologies of oppression and reimagine it through an antioppressive lens in order to undermine the oppressive cultural systems. Also listed as GSS 362 and SOC 362.
Core Requirement(s): Analysis and Interpretation of Texts; International and Diverse Perspectives
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing (30 or more completed credits) or 4 credits from SOC, ANTH, CJLS, GSS, JEDI, SOCWK or PH