At the Lost and Found in Translation: Examining Freirean Reading Cultures in Anglophone Academia

• In Event: 41.084 - Roundtable Session 16
  In Roundtable Session: 41.084-20 - Freirean Pedagogical Experiences

Abstract

This paper examines how scholars, since the 1970s, have reconstituted, recohered, and repurposed the work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire within the context of Anglophone academia. From a critical discourse analysis perspective (Fairclough, 2001), this paper examines a corpus comprised of literature about Freire’s theories to gain insight into the specific discursive practices that scholars employ to represent and historicize his pedagogical ideas to English-speaking audiences. More specifically, this paper identifies and engages with the distinct cultures of indexicality that influence the uptake of Freire’s work outside its original Brazilian context.

Author

• Sandro Barros, Michigan State University