From Spitballs to Spinners: A Posthuman Approach to Paper as a Crucial Material in Literacy Practice, Pedagogy, and Research

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

We propose this alternative session as an invitation for attendees to explore the vibrant relationships between humans and materials in the literacy workshop. Through explorations with paper as a multimodal material and data vignettes, participants will explore how literacies emerge co-constitutively through relationships with humans, matter, materials, nature, and discourses. After a brief introduction to new materialism participants will collectively engage to explore and analyze co-constructed relationships between students and classroom materials.

Content Area

• Area 13: Other Topics

Presenters

• Jaye Johnson Thiel, University of Tennessee--Knoxville

• Karen E. Wohlwend, Indiana University

• Brooke Hofsess, Appalachian State University

Individual Presentations

• From Spitballs to Spinners: A Posthuman Approach to Paper as a Crucial Material in Literacy Practice, Pedagogy, and Research - Jaye Johnson Thiel, University of Tennessee--Knoxville; Karen E. Wohlwend, Indiana University; Brooke Hofsess, Appalachian State University