More Than a Metaphor: Necropolitics Across Transnational Educational Contexts

Multiple Presenter Session: Panel

Abstract

In this panel, we leverage narrative inquiry to describe the necropolitical practices in three transnational educational contexts. We will expose the variations of necropolitics from different geographical locations; additionally, to enrich our narratives, we draw upon the complementary meanings of democracy presented by Sandy Grande, along with Lozenski's educational metaphors. We will consider the ways in which necropolitics and Mbembe’s notion of enmity facilitates critical analysis of racial politics, violence, and death in Rio de Janeiro, literacy instruction and the school-to-prison pipeline in the United States, and teaching the violent experiences of Chicano and Latinx migrants. Through our consideration, we are demonstrating that Mbembe’s theory of necropolitics is more than a metaphor; all three of these analyses demonstrate that when criticality is applied, cultural practices and power structures dictate who lives and who dies.

Sub Track

• AESA

Chair

• Melissa Surrette, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Discussant

• Melissa Surrette, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Presenters

• Monyque Assis Suzano, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Olga Natasha Hernandez Villar, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Session Organizer

• Laurie Elisabet Hahn Ganser, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities