Reading Notes: Objecting to Objectivity: A Course in Biology

"We deliberately chose articles that either had appeared in magazines for the general public or were written in a language that did not require special effort to understand. Also some of our articles expressed strong emotions and opinions like population (Dick Gregory’s My Answer to Genocide) or birth control (Off The Pill by Judith Coburn). We found them incredibly effective in exposing the social implications of biological knowledge."

"At the same time, other events were developing that would expand our learning environment greatly. After a two-year moratorium Marine Corps recruiters were invited on campus and a peaceful protest was turned into a violent confrontation as the Boston Tactical Police Force was called in by the BU administration to smash the demonstration."

Prerna: The article has an extensive teaching bibliography comprising of popular articles, books and movies. Among other things, the course taught students how to do pregnancy tests, sickle-cell testing, and blood typing.