Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-5-2015
Abstract
Narrative construction has an important and under-explored role to play in examining questions of power and privilege in P-12 classrooms or higher education courses in education and the humanities. In this paper, the authors utilize pedagogical deconstruction and reconstitution of stories about childhood play, examining how young people embody cultural narratives of power through their play. Through narrative construction, the authors envision utopian moments of resistant play, in which youth question old scenarios and imagine more equitable and examined possibilities for play. Counter-narrative writing strategies include recombining events from the historical record, contemporary news accounts, or popular culture; playing with time; and adopting various points of view.
Recommended Citation
Chappell, D., and S. V. Chappell. “Stories of Resistant Play: Narrative Construction As Counter-Colonial Methodology”. Narrative Works, vol. 5, no. 1, Mar. 2015, https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/NW/article/view/23782
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
The authors
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Educational Methods Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons
Comments
This article was originally published in Narrative Works, volume 5, issue 1, in 2015. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/NW/article/view/23782