Category Archives: Critical Pedagogy

Going Postal

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Michael

In “Going Postal,” Worsham “argue[s] that if our commitment is to real individual and social change — change that would finally dissolve the relationship between pedagogy and violence — then the work of decolonization must occur at the affective level, … Continue reading →

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Vitanza’s concerns with cynicism

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Michael

In “‘The Wasteland Grows,’” Vitanza asks what I think are some amazing questions regarding the creation of cynicism in students when we teach cultural studies. Drawing on Sloterdijk and Zizek, he wonders whether students, after instruction in cultural studies, “‘they … Continue reading →

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miasmic cynicism

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Michael

I just read the following two articles: Langstraat, Lisa. “The Point Is There Is No Point: Miasmic Cynicism and Cultural Studies Composition.” JAC 22.2 (2002): 293-325. Crawford, Ilene. “Building a Theory of Affect in Cultural Studies Composition Pedagogy.” JAC 22.3 … Continue reading →

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Thomas Wests’s politics of anger and praxis of shelter

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Michael

West argues that anger needs to be considered when discussing confict, especially in regards to an agonistic critical pedagogy: “What is gained once we begin to pay close mind to the workings of anger and strong emotion is a more … Continue reading →

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affect, ideology, hegemony, and pleasure…

Posted on August 15, 2006 by Michael

So, I’ve recently become interested in affect — well, not so recently, but it’s come up to the foreground again. I’d like to quote a little more from Giroux and Simon: What is particularly missing from these perspectives are questions regarding … Continue reading →

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