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theories. This concept can be fruitfully adapted to a teaching methodologyas Mia Liinason outlines in her chapter in this publication and can be readtogether with Iris van der Tuin examination from a historical perspective, ofstandpoint theories within Feminist theories. In this teaching method we locategreat potential not only to involve students, but also teachers’ memories andteaching activities that can be re-visited and discussed.Approaching, understanding, teaching Critical Whiteness is not onlyabout deconstructing white privilege. As shown with the metaphor of the alien:while the “other” physically suffers from discrimination by a society based onracial structures, privileged persons – to different degrees – enjoy the advantagesof the system. As consequences of our own experiences of teaching, discussingand studying Critical Whiteness that are documented in this chapter, we haveformulated the following features of a course on Critical Whiteness Studieswith a focus on knowledge transfer:• Including emotions as part of the inquiry into Critical WhitenessStudies• Starting with one’s personal experience to work on the broadeningof one’s own interpretative frame and therefore acknowledgingone’s partial knowledge of society.• A high degree of interactivity that allows the participation of allthe students in the classroom and demands that everyone,including teachers, put themselves into the position ofbeing critically challenged and open to a self-critical perspective.72