Narratives, Care, and Creativity in Pedagogical Processes in Contexts of (Im)mobility and Exploitation of Women

Abstract

With the aim of forming a dialogic learning space on women's migration, global health and human trafficking, the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2015 has been developing the Global Health Circle of Care Course within the Study Abroad Program. The course has been developed under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and a Culture of Peace and is a part of an anti-human trafficking project called 4W STREETS. The course has sought to promote community participation and applied research in the educational space, as well as interdisciplinary and intersectoral dialogue to analyze and act against human trafficking. This paper describes the course objectives, methodology, and results in order to share insights into an innovative approach to instruction and knowledge creation through an arts-based, trauma-informed “patchwork education” and a pedagogy of care with survivors of trafficking as the protagonists.