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Family Abolition: An Introduction [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $120 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Jaime Madden | 2-weeks | Saturdays | February 28 & March 7 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | 719 N Mangum St., Durham, NC
Is the family, as an institution, in crisis and close to imploding, as the pundits like to say? Not nearly close enough, respond the family abolitionists. Approaching the question of family from the left, family abolition says that everyone is deserving of care and the things they need, regardless of family status. This course will offer an introduction to this concept.
For family abolitionists, “family” is a way of privatizing care and exacerbating economic injustice. Even when exiled from or fleeing uncaring families, even when opting out, even when living at the margins of nuclear and normative formations, everyone is disciplined by the family as an institution. It is a form of governance and a technology of work. The family is the site of unpaid care work that benefits capital, and it mediates access to the wage for those who do not work (including children, older adults, and some disabled people). Privatizing care in the form of the family means we all lose out on chances to give and get care, and to experience the abundance of love; in other words, we lose out on some of the most meaningful parts of life.
Over two class meetings, we will speculate about the architectures and infrastructures needed for family abolition, and we will learn that family abolition is about the end of capitalism, the politics of friendship, the deprivatization of care, children’s liberation, disability justice, communist feminism, and queer black radicalism.
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SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $120 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Jaime Madden | 2-weeks | Saturdays | February 28 & March 7 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | 719 N Mangum St., Durham, NC
Is the family, as an institution, in crisis and close to imploding, as the pundits like to say? Not nearly close enough, respond the family abolitionists. Approaching the question of family from the left, family abolition says that everyone is deserving of care and the things they need, regardless of family status. This course will offer an introduction to this concept.
For family abolitionists, “family” is a way of privatizing care and exacerbating economic injustice. Even when exiled from or fleeing uncaring families, even when opting out, even when living at the margins of nuclear and normative formations, everyone is disciplined by the family as an institution. It is a form of governance and a technology of work. The family is the site of unpaid care work that benefits capital, and it mediates access to the wage for those who do not work (including children, older adults, and some disabled people). Privatizing care in the form of the family means we all lose out on chances to give and get care, and to experience the abundance of love; in other words, we lose out on some of the most meaningful parts of life.
Over two class meetings, we will speculate about the architectures and infrastructures needed for family abolition, and we will learn that family abolition is about the end of capitalism, the politics of friendship, the deprivatization of care, children’s liberation, disability justice, communist feminism, and queer black radicalism.
—
SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.