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Teaching Villainification in Social Studies: Pedagogies to Deepen Understanding of Social Evils
Fri, April 12, 3:05 to 4:35pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 118BSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
This structured poster session focuses on villainification—the process of identifying an individual or a small group of individuals as the sole source of a larger evil. Villainification simplifies complex entanglements of relations by drawing a straight line to a single evil actor while ignoring ordinary manifestations of harm. Anti-villainification, therefore, invites educators to consider the messy space in between individual and group culpability, and thus develops a sense of responsibility to each other as humans in communities on this planet. Presenters contribute insights into U.S. politics, financial education, “difficult” histories, apocalypse fiction, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and technology use. Taken together, these inquiries offer a thoughtful and powerful call for what Zembylas has called anti-complicity pedagogy in social studies.
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Villainification, Heroification, and Political Polarization: Implications for Thinking Politically About U.S. Politics (Poster 1) - Wayne Journell, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
“Incapable, Uninterested, and Ineffective”? Locating Villainification Narratives in Financial Education (Poster 2) - Erin Adams, Kennesaw State University
Difficult-ish as an Antidote to Villainification and Its Partner, “Difficult Histories” (Poster 3) - Brittany Jones, University at Buffalo - SUNY
Subverting the Villain Trope in Apocalypse Fiction: Survivance in Moon of the Crusted Snow (Poster 4) - Kim Edmondson, University of Alberta
“Hang On, So That Thing’s a Loki Too?” Mimetic Materialities, Variants, and Villainy (Poster 5) - Bretton A. Varga, California State University - Chico; Erin Adams, Kennesaw State University
Wanda the Villain? How WandaVision Can Aid Discussions About Enslavement and Anti-Black Racism (Poster 6) - Danelle Adeniji, Dallas Independent School District; Melissa McQueen, University of Alberta; Cathryn van Kessel, Texas Christian University
Can Technology Be Evil? Heroes, Villains, and the Banality of Technology (Poster 7) - Ryan M. Smits, University of North Texas; Daniel G. Krutka, University of North Texas
Teaching Villainification in Social Studies: Pedagogies to Deepen Understanding of Social Evils (Poster 8) - Brandon Haas, University of North Carolina - Greensboro