Abstract
A major challenge for abolitionist teaching is uprooting the assumption that carceral systems are natural and inevitable. This essay describes strategies for teaching about the colonial capitalist origins and white cisheteropatriarchal development of the police, and the critical theorization and abolition of policing, in a hyper-politicized minefield. These strategies emerged from teaching, “The Global Politics of Policing,” after the Summer of 2020 in the Midwest, where abolitionist critiques were frequently met with burning resentment. Three overarching strategies to facilitate learning about police abolition include: 1) consistent engagement with learning materials; 2) critical analysis as a learning objective and theoretical framework; and 3) discussion and community-building skill development.
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Paulson-Smith, Kaden
(2025)
"Strategies for Seeding Police Abolition in a Minefield,"
Feminist Pedagogy: Vol. 6:
Iss.
4, Article 17.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol6/iss4/17
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