In this week's reading "Mothering is Liberation: Giving Birth to Alagaan Pedagogy (Pedagogy of Care)," the author describes her experience of feeling filled guilt as an immigrant parent in the United States. The author struggles with achieving a balance among mothering, teaching, service, and scholarship. She then divides the mothering job into two parts according to the places: home and academy. There is a new term called motherscholar which is a shared process of caring to liberate themselves in the conclusion part. The author encourages motherscholar of color to build connections in different areas.
In nowadays, many mothers face the dilemma of achieving the balance between family and their works. It was not easy to combine nurturing work and other kinds of jobs well. Just as the author says "I do not do it alone, " it is important to get collaboration.
Reference:
Valverde, L.-L.C.,& O'Brien, G. (2020). Fight the twoer: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Sidney Callahan (2013). A Life of Mothering. Retrieved from: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/life-mothering/2013-09
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