Abstract
This Original Teaching Activity introduces hand mapping, an assignment based on the body mapping method, in the context of a communication and gender studies course. Hand mapping can be adapted to interpersonal, organizational, intercultural, and media courses that address identities, intersectionality, communication, culture, and power in different contexts and mediums. Students outline their hands on paper and artfully embellish them as a visual representation of important takeaways or lessons they learned in the course in response to the prompt, “Our sexual health is (not) in our hands.” Students write an “artist’s statement” explaining meanings of color, symbolism, and design.
Recommended Citation
Ellingson, Laura L.
(2026)
"Hand Mapping: Our Sexual Health is (Not) in Our Hands,"
Feminist Pedagogy: Vol. 7:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol7/iss2/8
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Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Health Communication Commons