Education as Unscripted Trans Pedagogies (Harper Keenan on queer and trans studies in education)
Another Education Is PossibleShow Notes
On this week's episode, Dr Harper Keenan joins co-hosts Emmy and Jordan to discuss trans pedagogies and non-prescriptive curriculums. While these terms might be on the newer side of things in educational discourses, queer and trans people are not. Their educational experiences tell a multitude of stories that have all too often been invisiblized in schools. While attending to the relentless forces of repression, Harper shows the possibilities of building classrooms and other educational spaces that affirm queer and trans students.
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