Against Infrastructure: Curating Community Literacy in a Jail Writing Program

Autor/in	Jacobi, Tobi
Titel	Against Infrastructure: Curating Community Literacy in a Jail Writing Program
Quelle	In: Community Literacy Journal, 11 (2016) 1, S.64-75 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-9734
Schlagwörter	Literacy Education; Compliance (Psychology); Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Correctional Education; Metacognition; Self Esteem; Political Attitudes; Context Effect; Teaching Methods; Artists; Program Development; Activism; Writing (Composition); Workshops; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendstrafvollzug; Fürsorgeerziehung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Programmplanung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Schreibübung; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung
Abstract	This essay argues that while fostering individual and collaborative literacy can indeed promote self-awareness, confidence, and political awareness, the threat of emotional and material retribution is ever-present in jail, making the development of infrastructure challenging. Such reality compels engaged teacher-researchers to develop tactical methods for promoting literacy with limited social and material support from institutions that are primarily invested in compliant behavior. Rather than relying upon traditional models for building engaged university-community infrastructure in such contexts, I suggest a participatory curatorial model and explore the notion of curating a program within an ever-shifting set of artists, regulations, allegiances, and expectations. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Community Literacy Journal. Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse, DePaul University, 802 West Belden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614. Tel: 906-370-0206; Web site: http://communityliteracy.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01