Educators Making Time Matter: Queer Pedagogies of Discontinuity, Futurity, and Anachronism

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Abstract

This paper explores how educators engage time as a critical resource in their queer pedagogical practice. Drawing from in-depth interviews with educators working in formal and non-formal settings, I develop a typology of temporal queer pedagogies. Rather than applying predefined categories, the study uses queer theories of time to trace how educators interpret and enact temporal disruptions, alternatives, and recombinations. The analysis identifies three modes: discontinuity (interrupting the normative present), futurity (envisioning queer futures), and anachronism (reassembling multiple temporalities). These modes reflect how educators adapt queer pedagogy to the organizational and ideological conditions of their contexts. Time, as both theoretical and practical, serves as a dynamic bridge between abstract critique and concrete educational work.

Author

• Avner Rogel, Teachers College, Columbia University