HISC 137 Why Should I Care?

Have you ever wondered why you should care? Or wished you wouldn’t? Caring can be overwhelming. But most people need care, feel they care, or encounter care in one way or another. Caring can feel good, and also awful; it can do good but also be used to control or hurt others. Care can be rigged by inequalities, and power. Care is complicated, but also vital to people, non-humans, and the planet. It matters what happens with care, when we care, and if we don’t. It matters who gets the care they need, and who doesn’t. In this course we explore what care means from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.