Pedagogy of Precious Gifts: DisCrit Solidarity Through Translanguaging Classroom Praxis

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 7
  In Roundtable Session: Expansive Theoretical Considerations for Disability Studies in Education

Abstract

In this theoretical paper, we explore how Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) solidarity supports educators in disrupting ableism in the language classroom through translanguaging classroom praxis. Using DisCrit as an analytical tool, we investigate how translanguaging classroom praxis support a DisCrit solidarity approach to language education and how it can appear across different spaces, experiences, and relationships. We conclude that DisCrit solidarity is essential to address ableism and whiteness in the teaching of all European power-majority languages. Further, this approach would help teachers to recognize multilingualism, cultural knowledges, and abilities as elements of a healthy, thriving classroom.

Authors

• Chelsea Stinson, Syracuse University

• Valentina Migliarini, University of Birmingham