Lugones, “worlds”, “world travelling”: Lugones speaks of “worlds” and “world travelling”. For Lugones, there are some worlds we enter willfully and playfully, and doing so can (i) show us how identities are constructible and (ii) be liberating as we get to be playful in with our identities (“who we are”) in those spaces.
Your Task: In ~3 pages, explain Lugones’ key concepts and reconstruct a key implication of the view (as presented in lecture – you won’t find it anywhere else).
1. Have an aim statement.
2. Explain in sufficient detail what “worlds” are and what it means to be a “world traveler”. Give and explain an example of the above – personal experiences are fine as long as it’s demonstrates the Lugones’ view accurately.
a. Is everyone a “world traveler”? Does everyone travel to various “worlds” by their own choosing? What is the moral/political significance of Lugones’ position on this matter?
3. Explain how Lugones gets a special form of self-knowledge (knowledge of herself and her identities) through accepting her status as a “world traveler”?
a. What is this knowledge of “who I am” that Lugones realizes?
b. How does this self-knowledge help her get other-knowledge about her mother.
c. What does she come to understand about her mother?
d. What are the moral consequences for their relationship because of this knowledge?
