New Geography for Resistance: The Engagement of Diversity in "Doc McStuffins" as an Out-of-School STEM Setting

Autor/in	Mark, Sheron L.
Titel	New Geography for Resistance: The Engagement of Diversity in "Doc McStuffins" as an Out-of-School STEM Setting
Quelle	In: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 17 (2022) 3, S.955-981 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mark, Sheron L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1871-1502
DOI	10.1007/s11422-021-10096-y
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Informal Education; Childrens Television; Diversity; Health Services; Racism; Social Stratification; Health Behavior; Disadvantaged; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; 'Children''s broadcast; Children''s television'; Kindersendung; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Rassismus; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	The animated children's television show, "Doc McStuffins," may serve as an out-of-school multicultural STEM education platform for its young television audience. The lead character, as well as the supporting cast of toy characters, represents a variety of racial, ethnic, and cultural identities while modeling medicine and healthcare practices. A critical race sociological perspective recognizes that, in the U.S., racism and social stratification are endemic and this practice of culturally characterizing the toys is situated within a larger historical and sociopolitical context where different cultures, identities, and communities experience differences in power, privilege, and oppression. At times, toys were representative of communities that have historically endured oppression, e.g. communities of color, immigrant communities, and communities with low-income status. Furthermore, in the show, the doctor diagnoses and responds to medical challenges faced by the toy characters and these medical challenges were, at times, caused or exacerbated by the behavior or disposition of some of the toys themselves. Thus, toys were also variably characterized as exhibiting problematic healthcare behavior, while some toys exhibited positive healthcare behavior. Healthcare behavior was similarly located within an ideological context which has associated communities of color, especially those with low-income status, with irresponsible, self-destructive behavior and dependency, as well as an overburdened welfare state. Of concern was the intersection, especially disproportionately, of problematic healthcare behavior and toys representative of communities that have endured these and other related negative characterizations. Through counter-storytelling, the dominant narrative of the television show foregrounded in diversity is complicated to trace adaptive and resilient racial ideologies into new settings and structures. The ideological underpinnings and limitations of diversity itself in our current sociopolitical context are utilized to further examine the phenomenon within the television show. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01