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Dominant Narratives, Counter-Narratives & Resistance Narratives

Civic Character & Critical Consciousness in Advisory

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Agenda

  • Greeting
  • Reading
  • Initiative
  • Debrief

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Agenda

  • Greeting
  • Reading
  • Initiative
  • Debrief

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Greeting

If you could get rid of one food forever, what would it be and why?

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Agenda

  • Greeting
  • Reading
  • Initiative
  • Debrief

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Reading

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“Who controls the past controls the future, and who controls the present controls the past.”

–George Orwell, 1984

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What does this quotation get you thinking about?

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Agenda

  • Greeting
  • Reading
  • Initiative
  • Debrief

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Stories about Justice & Injustice

Dominant Narratives

Counter-Narratives

Resistance Narratives

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Stories about Justice & Injustice

Dominant Narratives

Counter-Narratives

Resistance Narratives

Well-known, taken-for-granted stories from the perspective of a dominant group that seeks to justify the status quo and that group’s dominance

--Dr. Lee Anne Bell

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Stories about Justice & Injustice

Dominant Narratives

Counter-Narratives

Resistance Narratives

Stories hidden beneath the dominant narratives that offer important truths about issues of justice and injustice, and how they have shaped our lives and society

--Dr. Theresa Perry

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Stories about Justice & Injustice

Dominant Narratives

Counter-Narratives

Resistance Narratives

What counter-narratives become when they inspire, motivate, and inform the efforts of present and future generations of citizens and activists to challenge injustice

--Dr. Lee Anne Bell

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Counter-Narratives matter when…

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  • The dominant narrative is concealing something true and important

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  • A group is going unrepresented or under-represented

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Dominant Narrative of Thanksgiving

"Happy Thanksgiving-Day !:)" by oriana.italy is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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Counter-Narrative of Thanksgiving

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Resistance Narrative of Thanksgiving

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Question for Discussion

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Can you think of other dominant narratives you’ve learned that have counter-narratives hidden underneath them?

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Civil Rights Movement: Dominant Narrative

"Public Domain: Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. at 1963 March on Washington by USIA (NARA)" by pingnews.com is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

"Black History Month" by US Department of State is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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Civil Rights Movement: Counter-Narrative

"Birmingham Children's Crusade" by Seattle Parks & Recreation is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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Civil Rights Movement: Counter-Narrative

City Wide Committee for Integrated Schools, “School Boycott! Flier,” Queens College Civil Rights Archives, accessed January 17, 2020, 

https://archives.qc.cuny.edu/civilrights/items/show/130.

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Resistance Narrative of the Civil Rights Movement

  • Why do you think the history of the Civil Rights Movement is so often focused on just two individuals?

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  • Who benefits from this dominant narrative? What is the impact of the counter-narrative not being known?

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  • What do you think we should we do with what we know? Who is one person that might not know yet that we could share it with?

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Agenda

  • Greeting
  • Reading
  • Initiative
  • Debrief

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Debrief

  • What did you like about today’s lesson?
  • Did you learn anything new about yourself or anyone else?
  • What could make it better?

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