Exposing and Dialogizing Racism through Counter-Storytelling and Critical Pedagogy in a Japanese EAP Situation

Autor/in	Toh, Glenn
Titel	Exposing and Dialogizing Racism through Counter-Storytelling and Critical Pedagogy in a Japanese EAP Situation
Quelle	In: Power and Education, 7 (2015) 2, S.169-180 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1757-7438
DOI	10.1177/1757743815586519
Schlagwörter	English for Academic Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Racial Bias; Critical Theory; Literary Genres; Cultural Traits; History; Foreign Policy; War; Story Telling; Racial Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Native Speakers; Politics; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Kritische Theorie; Literarische Form; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Außenpolitik; Krieg; Rassenfrage; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Muttersprachler; Politik
Abstract	This article is about exposing and countering racism through critical pedagogy in the context of a Japanese EAP (English for academic purposes) program. Relevant issues are first raised through: (1) a review of academic work concerning Japanese constructions of language, race and culture commonly found in "nihonjinron" writings, a genre of literature concerned with depictions of Japanese uniqueness or Japaneseness; and (2) an examination of important historical developments in post-war Japan beginning with its occupation by the Allied forces after the nation's unconditional surrender, which is conducted with a view to demonstrating how the empowerment of a conservative politics has contributed to discourses that reify Japan as a "monolingual" and "monocultural" nation. Following this, the article focuses on how critical counter-storytelling can be combined with a critical pedagogy aimed at exposing and dialogizing prevailing discourses and practices relating to "nihonjinron." The article concludes with a reiteration of the importance of denaturalizing and destabilizing racialized and racist practices extant in socio-educational spaces and a prognosis of what the future may hold with regards to ongoing contestations surrounding Japanese constructions of race and culture. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01