Contending With Word Choices in Cross-Cultural Teacher Preparation: Reflections on Power and Positionality
Published In
Handbook of research on social justice and equity in education
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
2022
Subjects
Social justice and education, Social justice -- Study and teaching, Multicultural education -- Research, Education -- Social aspects -- Research
Abstract
Through this collaborative exploration of the meanings and meta-meanings of the words “welcome” and “sorry,” the authors of this work give voice to their unique positionalities, and reflect on the ways words carry power in different ways, contingent upon context. Drawing heavily from critical race theory, and particularly engaging with the construct of the microaggressions, this work pivots on the construct that a neutral perspective cannot exist, and that all work is political. The authors engage critical discourse analysis as well as autoethnographic explorations and tap into the ways “trigger words” can be used in ways that are coded and known to some members of a community, while being unfamiliar to or seen as neutral by other members of the community. Holding clear ideas about the ways in which language lands upon and shapes realities is central to this work
Rights
Copyright © 2022 by IGI Global.
DOI
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9567-1.ch002
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37191
Citation Details
Bright, A., Hendryx-Dobson, J. N., & Johnson, S. (2022). Contending With Word Choices in Cross-Cultural Teacher Preparation: Reflections on Power and Positionality. In Handbook of Research on Social Justice and Equity in Education (pp. 22-45). IGI Global.