More Than/Other Than Human Educations: Mentors, Hormone Monsters, Elves, Androids, Gods, and Us

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This symposium interrogates figures in pop culture in order to explore the production of particular subjectivities and knowledges. The papers pose questions about the educability of those on the outside of humanity; the curriculum that emerges by wondering about the pedagogical potentialities of entities that are more than/other than human; and how our imaginings of structures, institutions, and configurations beyond what seems possible may inform the work and thinking we are currently engaged in. Papers include both empirical qualitative studies and conceptual essays and take on a range of ideas in curriculum studies and critical theories. Specifically, with posthumanist and liberatory frameworks, these papers look at the curricular potential born of study with certain entities in worlds of pop culture.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies

Chairs

• Daniel Friedrich, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Jordan Corson, Stockton University

Papers

• Of Gods and Educable Subjects - Daniel Friedrich, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jordan Corson, Stockton University

• Hormone Monsters Are Raging: An Analysis of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Childhood in Big Mouth - Oluwaseun Animashaun, Teachers College, Columbia University

• The Grass Is Moving but There Is No Wind: Common Worlding With Elf/Child Relations - Angela Molloy Murphy, The University of Melbourne

• The Best at What They Do: Examining Pedagogic Models and Approaches in Superhero Comics - Michael B Dando, St Cloud State University

• Androids and Empathy: An Exploration of Postcolonial Themes and Responses Through Video Games - Irene Danielle Cha, Teachers College, Columbia University

Discussant

• Jenna Kamrass Morvay, Miami University - Oxford