Join Dr. Elisabeth L. Miller for this graduate student workshop that seeks to engage graduate students in a discussion and reflection of how literacy may enact violence upon individuals who are understood to fail or transgress its (many) norms.
Prior to the workshop, participants will read excerpts from two provided texts that seek to outline and trace the effects of instances of literate violence via two different qualitative studies of people’s literacy lives. Then, during Dr. Miller’s visit, participants will think through definitions of key terms (e.g., literate violence, literacy normativity, disability materiality) and consider questions such as: How is violence cultivated and perpetuated by literacy? Where, or how, have you observed evidence of literacy normativity or violence in other contexts? What other ways might we consider how to address the violence of literacy? Finally, Dr. Miller would like to learn more about you and your work. Participants should be ready (very informally) to spend 2-3 minutes considering the application of key terms in relation to the work you are doing (or hope to do).
To receive workshop attendance credit through grad studies, view the expanded workshop description, and access the readings, please RSVP by Friday, March 14th.