Reconfiguring the Politics of Play(giarism): Examining Children's Intertextual Itineraries in Three Contexts

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Drawing on episodes from across diverse empirical projects in the United States—a community organization in Louisiana, a geographically-dispersed community of children, in-service teachers, and faculty in North Carolina, and a multi-age classroom in Michigan—in this symposium, three qualitative researchers read children’s intertextual itineraries to question conversations concerning creativity and composition in early and middle-grade literacy. Using Brownell’s (2018) concept of play(giarism) as a springboard, presenters showcase the complex intertextual chains identified in children’s composing. Together, presenters reimagine how children’s composing might be understood as they offer provocations for how researchers and practitioners might reconfigure the politics of play(giarism). In doing so, they extend longstanding conversations in composition studies regarding remix, academic honesty, and assemblage (see, Johndan-Eilola & Selber, 2007).

Sub Unit

• SIG-Language and Social Processes

Chair

• Angela Stockman, Daemen University

Papers

• Pop (Culture) Remix: Amplifying Shadow Play(giarism) in Child Radio Productions - Cassie J. Brownell, University of Toronto

• (Play)giarism "Among Us": Composing New Ways to Be Together During Lockdown - Beth A. Buchholz, Appalachian State University

• Mimicked Models and Remixed Recipes: Tracing the Textual Trajectories of Young Children's Play(giarism) - Jon M. Wargo, University of Michigan

Discussant

• Paul A. Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign