POV 296 - Special Topics in Poverty Studies

Credits: 4 An intensive, in-depth examination of particular thinkers, approaches, policies or debates in the field of poverty and human capability studies.

Spring 2020, POV 296-01: Special Topics in Poverty Studies: Justice and Mercy: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives (4). Prerequisite: POV 101. This interdisciplinary community-based seminar takes place at Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville, Virginia (approximately 35 miles from Lexington), a level-3 (out of 6) medium-security state prison. W&L undergraduates attend class with inmates who are pursuing higher education while in custody at the center. Our focus is mainly on questions related to justice and forgiveness as they relate to governmental/political injustices and atrocities (e.g., the Holocaust, white supremacy, colonialism). (HU) Howard Pickett.