18. Tracing the Visible and Invisible
Fabricating Origins - Russell T. McCutcheon
Martha Smith Roberts [+ ]
Fullerton College
Martha Smith Roberts is Assistant Professor of Religion at Fullerton College. Martha's teaching covers all aspects of religion in culture and the diversity of religious traditions around the world. Her research and writing focus on North American religious diversity and pluralism, race and ethnicity, new religious movements, and religious studies pedagogy. She has written articles on hula hooping, communities of practice, antiracist pedagogy, and religious diversity and pluralism in the United States.
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Smith’s discussion about, colouring Columbus, asks us to examine the representations of American history and identity that are presented as natural and neutral, especially those that we use to educate the next generation of Americans.