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United We Stand: Interdisciplinarity and Progressive Politics in Pre-K–12 Classrooms, Communities, and Curriculum
Sun, April 27, 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (8:00 to 9:30am MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 704Session Type: Symposium
Abstract
Four research teams detail the possibilities of mobilizing interdisciplinarity to engage with/in progressive politics. Drawing from projects across North America–a tri–coastal climate collective of children, a public elementary social studies classroom, a high school civics classroom, and a youth arts fellowship program–the authors resituate conversations on critical social issues. Instead of questioning if or where progressive politics fit into the curriculum, the authors showcase how children, youth, and teachers challenge dominant (hi)stories through interdisciplinarity. Individually, teams promote children, youth, and teachers as capable of (and interested in) using arts, literacies, science, and social studies to cultivate alternative spaces for political action. Together, they showcase how disrupting disciplinary silos might forward more just social futures in the present.
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“Will We Ever Run Out of Water?”: Analyzing Children's Art–iculations of the Climate Catastrophe - Cassie J. Brownell, University of Toronto; Kathleen Schenkel, San Diego State University; Jon M. Wargo, University of Michigan
“When We Come Together, We Make Something Beautiful”: Teachers and Children Reimagining History through Art - Emily Machado, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Tracey Bullington, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mia Hicks, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Carly McClennahan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Kristin Pellerin, Madison Metropolitan School District
Trap Civics: Amalgamating Critical Conscious Learning with Joy for Critical Civic Learning - Jonathan Tunstall, Bowdoin College
Building River Futures Through Art and Advocacy - Christopher Jadallah, University of California - Los Angeles; Jackson Gzehoviak, University of California - Los Angeles; Ayasha Guerin, University of California - Los Angeles