Political Remix Videos in Teacher Education

• In Event: Pushing Boundaries Through Digital and Visual Methodologies

Abstract

In this paper session, the presenter will discuss a critical pedagogical project that entailed engaging secondary English preservice teachers in analyzing “Political Remix Videos” (PRVs) to discover ways to incorporate these potentially powerful cultural texts into a critical teaching practice. The presenter will define PRVs, show some examples, explain PRVs through the Situationist International’s theory and practice of “detournement,” outline the phases of the pedagogical project, describe the ways students designed and taught lessons around PRVs, and summarize students’ own analyses of the value of the overall project in their development as beginning teachers. The presenter will also note some missed opportunities and some future possibilities for further critical projects involving PRVs and other texts emerging form “Remix” culture.

Author

• James Trier, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill