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Cultivating Critical Literacies Through Embodied (Game)Play: Centering Diverse Learners’ Intersectional Identities
Fri, December 5, 8:30 to 10:00am, Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino, Floor: Mezzanine Floor, Sunset 3Session Submission Type: Symposium
Abstract
This symposium examines how diverse learners leverage embodied practices like gameplay to cultivate critical literacies and affirm their intersectional identities. Papers explore gaming, play, and heritage practices as transformative approaches supporting the literacy experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse children, youth, and immigrant families. The symposium aims to contribute to educational justice by understanding how embodied approaches can empower marginalized learners and sustain their multilingual and multicultural literacies.
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Diasporic Game(Play): Narratives and Features Extending African Youth Literacies And Identities - Dominic Hateka, Michigan State University; Vaughn W. M. Watson, Michigan State University; Akinkunmi Ibrahim Oseni, Michigan State University; Sandra boateng, Michigan State University; Joel Berends, Michigan State University
Building with Youths’ Desires through Collaborative Play in Youth Participatory Action Research - Joanne E Marciano, Michigan State University; Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Michigan State University; Katie (Mary) Tasch Bielecki, College of Education; Ishan Santra, Michigan State University
Playing Heritage: Participatory Inquiry on Korean Nylon-ppong in Korean American Family Literacy Practice - Jin Kyeong Jung, Texas Tech University; Jongpil Cheon, Texas Tech University; Jeanne Cheon, Coppell High School
(Game)play as a Pathway to Explore Young Children’s Bilingual and Transnational Literacy Practices and Intersectional Identities - Jungmin Kwon, Michigan State University; Pyeongeun Kim, Michigan State University; Seungwoo Hwang, Michigan State University; Chenlu Jin, College of Education
Newcomer Immigrants (Game)Play: A Pathway and Access to Digital - Lucia Cardenas Curiel, Michigan State University; Ming Ming Cheung, Michigan State University