Praxis and performed verse: Using autoethnographic poetry to envision transformed literacy spaces

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

This alternative session explores ways ‘poetic inquiry’ can be used as a reflexive lens for critiquing and transforming literacy learning spaces. In the first half of the session, two researchers share autotethnographic accounts of their experiences as literacy educators: one focuses on issues in Urban Education while the other focuses on literacy learning in the school-to-prison pipeline. Then, two Youth Literacies scholars invite the audience to discuss theoretical considerations and implications for qualitative researchers.

Content Area

• Area 7: Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Discussants

• Carmen Liliana Medina, Indiana University

• Korina Jocson, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Presenter

• Andrew Torres, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Individual Presentations

• Praxis and performed verse: Using autoethnographic poetry to envision transformed literacy spaces - Adam D. Henze, Indiana University; Korina Jocson, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Andrew Torres, University of Massachusetts - Amherst