El Mundo Zurdo & the Posthuman: A Diffractive Consideration of This Bridge Called My Back

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Abstract

The purpose of this work is to diffractively read selections from This Bridge Called My Back through the posthuman work of Karen Barad to consider their entanglement and the implications of their entanglement for meaningful curricular action under the current fascist creep. In diffractively reading, I was attuned to “which differences matter” and where those differences pointed (Barad, 2007, p. 378). The diffractive reading revealed existing similarities between the seemingly disparate theories of third world feminism and posthumanism, especially as to the consideration and theorization of the concept of difference. Considerations of difference in both works suggest the continued necessity of considering what is excluded in current curriculum, including the more-than-human.

Author

• Nick DePascal, University of New Mexico