It is important to me that my videos add to my students' understanding of our course content. As much as possible, I incorporate diverse voices when thinking about which videos to add into the course content. All videos below are available on Youtube for you to share with your classes!
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At the beginning of my Developmental Psychology courses, we examine prenatal development and birth. This topic is so rich for incorporating historically excluded voices! I also have students interview 2 people who have given birth to learn about birthing traditions within their own communities.
This video, in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (with English subtitles) details a Native Hawaiian family's journey to practice their cultural traditions surrounding the ʻiewe (placenta)
This video, in Spanish (with English subtitles) introduces us to traditional midwives In Guatemala.
This video describes the physiological changes that have happened over human evolution and how those have affected the birthing process. The creators of this video also discuss cultural and societal factors that affect birth.
When presented with the statistics that Black mothers face birth complications & death at higher rates than White mothers, students usually guess it is because of education level and/or financial situation. This video proves them wrong and encourages them to think about how systemic racism affects maternal health.
As my students learn about newborn care (focusing on eating and sleeping), I also invite them to think about how their community is (or isn't) structured to support the scientifically-backed recommendations.
This video provides a timeline of the recommendations for how to feed infants. This video helps students think about how our research and policies are shaped by contexts that may change over time. I also have students read the article, Stop Saying Breastmilk is Free. After this, students are asked to think about a job in their community where it would be difficult for a woman to continue breastfeeding.
While many textbooks offer a black-and-white picture of what safe sleep looks like, cross-cultural studies have shown that bed-sharing is common in a lot of cultures (and they don't have comparably high levels of SIDS). Because I teach students from cultural groups where bed-sharing is the norm, I include information on how to make bed-sharing safer. This video provides a nuanced look at this topic.
More to come... stay tuned!