OF CURRICULUM STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Tuesday, 5 April - Friday, 8 April 2016
An Ethics of Historical Engagement
Priority Deadline: Sunday December 13th
Cut-off for Submissions: Sunday January 10th
Recent conference themes of the American Association for the
Advancement of Curriculum Studies have focused on “Counter-western
curriculum theory,” “Communities of Dissensus/Engaged Generosity,” and
“Alter-global Dispossession and the Politics of Recognition.” As we
look back on the conversations engendered by these concerns and
forward to the future of our field, we can take pride in the
internationalization that we have initiated, and the emphasis on
ethics encouraged by our interest in dissensus, generosity,
dispossession, and recognition. Despite these advancements, the
marginalization and downsizing of curriculum studies continues within
historical conditions that suggest on-going international crises and
related paralyses.
How are we confronting and working through cataclysmic climate change,
global refugee crises, epistemic violence of racism and other forms of
oppression? When we look back on curriculum history before “The
Reconceptualization,” specifically to the period of “Curriculum and
Objectives,” we find a field defined by its fantasies of social
control and curriculum management; after the reconceptualization we
find a utopian yet sidelined field enshrining scholars’ ever newer
“perspectives” and their (albeit limited) “proliferations” in a waning
next moment. At this juncture, we ask: How might an emphasis on
curriculum history – an historical reaching backward to move forward –
frame our praxis as curriculum scholars to rekindle our commitments to
colleges of education, preservice and professional teachers, and
students - children and adults - seeking knowledge and understanding
in schools, museums, NGOs, and other educational venues?
How do we read our history, particularly in ethical terms? How do we
understand our history as informing our present and near future
projects from within a strong, historically-informed, ethical
sensibility? History often tells us much about how we are constructed,
our fantasies of ourselves, and our desired futures. This year, we
welcome as always proposals on any current scholarship, and embrace
provocative and surprising conference formats; and let us together
confront why we sometimes avoid our shortcomings as a field, and work
together to heal ourselves and our communities even as we try to heal
the earth - and hear, too, the summons of our predecessors to continue
intellectual work in education.
Conference and Program Committee:
Jim Jupp, Chair
Associate Professor of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Georgia Southern University
jcjupp@georgiasouthern.edu
Conference Site Co-Chair:
Brian Casemore
Associate Professor of Curriculum & Pedagogy
George Washington University.
Proposals are being accepted through January 10th
AAACS 2016 Proposal Guide
Follow the link: http://goo.gl/forms/QwnPEqVpcE
Your proposal automatically registers you as a member of AAACS—there
are no dues. With membership in AAACS
(http://www.aaacs-conference.
International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies.
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