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CFT (Call for Tales) Los Angeles, April 9-13 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers
Tales from the neoliberal university: stories that challenge the corporatized institutional experience of education
Seeking submissions of 500-1000 word anecdotes about teaching, which speak to the possibilities for pedagogical subversion in the context of neoliberalized and corporatized educational institutions. These brief “tales from the neoliberal university” will ideally introduce common struggles and hint at moments of possibility within otherwise constrained contexts. This non-traditional panel* will feature a reading of these stories, followed by what we hope will be a rich discussion about ways to constructively and positively bring critical pedagogical approaches to fruition. We are interested in all stories of pedagogical success amid difficult institutional contexts, particularly situations that reflect engagement with pedagogy as contestation, struggle, and/or resistance. However, we are particularly hopeful that we will receive submissions from people who have brought radical perspectives into introductory classes, recitation sections, and/or courses with very large numbers of students.
Submissions are welcome from people of all professional and educational levels, including, among other possibilities, TAs, instructors, and professors.
This panel is facilitated by the Critical Pedagogy Working Group of the University of Kentucky, a group of graduate students collectively interested in radical educational possibilities.
Please send submissions to [log in to unmask] by November 15th, 2012. (We can be flexible on this... if you have something in mind but may not have a 500-1000 word submission ready by the 15th- please let us know!)
*This is listed as a panel discussion and not a paper session. AAG annual meeting participants may register for a panel discussion and a paper session. In addition, the informal nature of this panel will facilitate participation without necessarily submitting a PIN or being listed in the formal AAG program, in the event that someone would like to participate who is already listed as a panelist and presenting a paper.