[Xmca-l] Re: Identity through "experiential texts": Poems and Works of Art??

[Daniel Hyman]

Dear David,

Many thanks for energizing this thread. In the realm of music, the (Roman
Catholic) Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, of that ardent Lutheran Johann
Sebastian Bach, comes to mind, if I understand your threshold criteria
clearly. Appealing recordings, reliable scores, and historically-informed
discussions of this seminal and deeply learned choral work are plentiful. I
can offer a few recommendations if that is of interest.

Kind regards,

Daniel

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:20 PM, David H Kirshner <dkirsh@lsu.edu> wrote:

> My thanks for the many great suggestions of movies and academic works!
>
> I would also welcome suggestions of poems and works of graphic art that
> seem to you to problematize the notion of identity.
>
> You're welcome to send suggestions off-line, and I'll compile and share
> with XMCA.
>
> David
>
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> Subject: [Xmca-l] Identity through "experiential texts"
>
> I'm preparing to teach a capstone graduate course for teachers-to-be that
> includes a focus on identity.
> The major assignment is a Personal Literacy Portfolio in which students
> compile, organize, and discuss artifacts of their past in exploration of
> their identity. The rationale is that this self-awareness of positioning
> facilitates engagement with students of diverse cultural locations.
>
> I'm asking for suggestions of course resources.
> Rather than a single course reader, I'm looking for "experiential
> texts"-that is creative products in any medium that can help perturb
> essentialist ideas of core identity in favor of a more complex,
> poststructural view of identity as multiple and fragmented. Media can
> include academic writing in psychology, sociology, philosophy; short
> stories; poetry; film; works of art, etc.
>
> If you'd like to email me off-line (dkirsh@lsu.edu<mailto:dkirsh@lsu.edu>),
> I'll send a compilation of all suggestions to XMCA.
>
> Below is a list of some experiential texts I'm already considering.
>
> David
>
> Walkerdine, V. (1990). Chapter 1: Sex, power and pedagogy. In V.
> Walkerdine (Ed.), Schoolgirl fictions(pp. 3-15). London: Verso. Reprinted
> from Screen Education, 38, 14-24, 1981.
>
> PBS Video: http://www.pbs.org/program/nine-months-that-made-you/
> 9 Months That Made You   -  How a person's individuality is developed,
> including their sexuality
>
> Documentary on the life of a child kept without language for 13 years.
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/14/genie-feral-child-los-angeles-researchers
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZolHCrC8E
>
> Movie: Enemy  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_(2013_film)
> The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as two men who are physically identical,
> but different in terms of personality.
>
> Gee, J. P. (2001). Identity as an analytic lens for research in education.
> In W. G. Secada (Ed.), Review of Research in Education, 25 (pp. 3-56).
> Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association. [identity = kind
> of person one is recognized as being]
>
> Stremmel, A., Burns, J., Nganga, C., & Bertolini, K. (2015). Countering
> the essentialized discourse of teacher education. Journal of Early
> Childhood Teacher Education, 36(2), 156-174. [discussed in
> http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=20275]
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