Recognition
Kelly Oliver
Subject Position
Witnessing& Subjectivity
Real World Applications
100

BLANK is conferred by the dominant group.

What is recognition

100

This relative of Oliver's was a logger

Who is Oliver's father and grandfather?

100

What term describes the concept Kelly Oliver redefines to explain how individuals are accounted for through social contexts?

What is subject position

100

Subjectivity develops a sense of BLANK

What is agency
100

Oliver encourages BLANK when addressing history and the stories of oppressed groups

What is bearing witness

200

The need to demand recognition.

What is the pathology of oppression

200

In Oliver's family, this gender was expected to learn cooking, cleaning, and babysitting, reflecting traditional gender roles.

What is female or girls?

200

How does Kelly Oliver challenge traditional ideas about subjectivity through her concept of subject position?

What is the idea that subjects are formed through social relations and are not fixed entities

200

The structure witnessing is based on

What is address-response
200

Oliver believed that this makes individuals "responsible for what we cannot and do not control"

What is ethics of responsibility/notions of the unconscious

300

The accompanying demand for retribution and compassion.

What is pathos beyond recognition

300

This field of study, which gained prominence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, focuses on how trauma affects individuals and communities, intersecting with Oliver's work.

What is trauma theory?

300

How does Kelly Oliver view the role of society in shaping a person's identity?

What are interactions, relationships, and experiences based on our subject positions

300
This branch of subjectivity includes thoughts in both the conscious and unconscious

What is intersubjectivity

300

This movement challenges the Pathology of sexual assault when exposing its prevalence and encouraging survivors to share their stories

What is the #Metoo movement

400

The agent exists for himself as both a subject and an object simultaneously.

What is pure recognition

400

Identify the feminist thinker we have read who influenced discussions around identity, difference, and the ethics of care, aspects central to Oliver's research.

Who is Julia Kristeva?

400

How do language and discourse play a role in forming and shaping subject positions?

What is the reflection and reinforcement of societal norms and power dynamics

400

Witnessing structure combined with BLANK creates open response

What is historical context

400

The testimonies from these two survivor groups go beyond mere recognition

Who are Holocaust and slavery survivors

500

According to Hesford, breaking down the oppressor/oppressed binary describes BLANK.

What is intersectional recognitions

500

Oliver critiques this philosophical model for its adversarial approach to recognition, which she believes fails to account for the complexities of gender and race.

What is the Hegelian dialectic?

500

What are some key factors that dictate a person's subject position?

What is social context, cultural background, personal experiences, and interactions with others.

500

The double meaning of witnessing allows it to have both BLANK and BLANK connotations

What are juridical and religious/political connotations

500

This was expressed as subjectivity used as an oppression against a black group

What is colonization