The (In)visibility of Teachers: On Meaning, Body and Pedagogy

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

The problem of the (in)visibility of the teacher’s body is the focus of our proposed panel. Last year after a similar panel, an enthusiastic audience urged us to consider implications of possible interventions into the contexts we discussed. Thus, the current panel will focus on interventions into the classroom spaces and performances. Our focus will be on the process and consequences of introducing an awareness of bodies, and on the meanings made in and through communication about bodies.

Sub Unit

• Performance Studies Division

Chair

• Leda M. Cooks, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst

Participant

• Leda M. Cooks, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Kathleen A LeBesco, Marymount Manhattan College

• Bonnie S. Farley-Lucas, Southern Connecticut State Univ

• Stephanie Jo Kent, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Tina M. Harris, University of Georgia