16.020 - At War! Challenging Racism, Materialism, and Militarism in Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session is comprised of faculty of color from Education and Ethnic Studies departments whose work examines how materialism, racism, and militarism intersect to shape the contemporary educational experiences of students of color. In particular, we will present critical qualitative research papers that: 1) interrogate the relationship between STEM education and the U.S. military; 2) conceptualize pedagogies of rebellion in context of American imperialism; and 3) critique occupation education and settler colonialism. In doing so, we hope to demonstrate the multiple manifestations of war in varying educational contexts and the subsequent ways that students of color are marginalized in K-20 education. More importantly, we offer ways that educators can resist educational conditions that wage war against students of color.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 4: Spatial Justice: Youth, Community Activism and Ecologies

Chair

• Arshad Imtiaz Ali, George Washington University

Papers

• Toward What Ends? A Critical Analysis of Militarism and STEM Education - Shirin Vossoughi, Northwestern University; Sepehr Vakil, University of California - Berkeley

• Pedagogies of Rebellion: The Pillars of De-Imperialization - Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, San Francisco State University; Edward Ryan Curammeng, University of California - Los Angeles

• From an Indigenous Standpoint: War, Occupation, and Settler Education - Dolores Calderon, University of Utah

Discussant

• Tracy Lachica Buenavista, California State University - Northridge