Roots and Visions: Humanistic Explorations in the Culture, Social Psycology, and Political Economy of Reason, 1991 - 1992

Sub-Series — folders: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists of Ratna Roy's academic portfolio from 1988 to 2009. It includes faculty evaluations of Roy written by students, the syllabi, covenants, and descriptions of programs that Roy taught, and her self evaluations, as well as the evaluations of her by other faculty, and her evaluations of them. It also includes personal papers that relate to her position at TESC and the programs that she taught.

Dates

Creation: 1991 - 1992

Extent

2 folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Class Description

Roots and Visions was a three quarter core program offered from fall of 1991 to spring of 1992. In fall, students focused on "free fall", described in the syllabus as "the rootlessness, alienation, confusion, distrust of all authority save the individual's, cynicism about values and principles, etc.". In winter, students had to write seminar papers, as well as an Autobiomythography, or a major reserarch paper in which students "map" the development of their "selves". In spring, students were to work on another major individual research project, as well as a group project.