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Historicized Bodies-in-Place: Toward a Political and Relational View of Embodiment in Learning

Tue, April 17, 10:35am to 12:05pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Second Floor, Gibson Suite

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While research on embodiment foregrounds the ways bodies engage with tools and others to deepen learning, less attention has been given to the political and relational dimensions of bodies-in-place. Similarly, while critical pedagogies of place take a more overtly political stance and advance vital critiques of place as ideologically neutral or benign, less attention has been given to learning practices across formal and informal environments. To address these gaps, each of the papers articulates how critical perspectives on the body-in-place may fruitfully deepen empirical analysis of learning. Presenting video data from four studies, we raise theoretical questions about the role of the body-in-place in learning, and methodological questions about how to account for the historicized body within research on learning.

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