Micro-liminal Spaces of (Mis)Gendering
The Critical Potential of Trans-Pedagogy in Post-Secondary Institutions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v20i5.1901Keywords:
Trans-pedagogy, misgendering, liminality, post-secondary institutions, trans expression, trans-disciplinarityAbstract
In fast-paced and continuously demanding neoliberalizing academic environments, this article proposes ‘pedagogical pause’ as an important trans-pedagogical tool to disrupt cis-heteronormativity in/of post-secondary institutions. This article discusses three micro-spaces of learning outside of classrooms (communication on listservs, work on picket lines, and navigation of hallways) to argue that as virtual, temporal-political, and multi-functional spaces, respectively, these micro-spaces of learning are critical liminal spaces that hold the unexplored potential for trans-pedagogy and yet, are constant sites of misgendering. In addressing such micro-liminal spaces of learning (and misgendering), a trans perspective can challenge both the spatial limits of pedagogy and the pedagogic capacities of universities. The article deploys a critical trans-disciplinary approach to reflect on un/heard and in/visible dimensions of everyday trans discrimination and trans expression in post-secondary institutes.
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Laliberte, Nicole, Alison Bain, Greg Lankenau, Michele Bolduc, Anna McGinty and Kristin Sziarto. 2017. “The Controversy Capital of Stealth Feminism in Higher Education.” ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies 16 (1), 34-58.
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Leonardo, Zeus and Ronald K. Porter. 2010. “Pedagogy of fear: Toward a fanonian theory of ‘safety’ in race dialogue.” Race Ethnicity and Education 13(2), 139-157.
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Malatino, Hil. 2020. Trans Care. Minneapolis; London: University of Minnesota Press. doi:10.5749/j.ctv17mrv14
Malatino, Hil. 2015. “Pedagogies of becoming: Trans inclusivity and the crafting of being.” Transgender Studies Quarterly 2 (3), 395-410.
March, Loren. 2020. “Queer and trans geographies of liminality: A literature review.” Progress in Human Geography, 30913252091311–. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132520913111
Martin, Alison. 2018. “Black music matters: Affirmation and resilience in African American musical spaces in Washington, DC.” In Black Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection, edited by Fernando Orejuela et al., 70-85. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv75d8jt.9
Mearns, Graeme W., Carl Bonner‐Thompson and Peter Hopkins. 2020. “Trans experiences of a university campus in northern England.” Area (London 1969), 52(3), 488–494. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12595
Meyer, Jan, Ray Land and Caroline Baillie. 2010. Threshold concepts and transformational learning. Sense.
Middleton, Stuart, Gemma Irving and April L. Wright. 2020. “Institutional power and organizational space: How space constrains micro-level action in the Emergency Department. “In Macrofoundations: Exploring the institutionally situated nature of activity, edited by Christopher W. J. Steele et al., 49-65. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Namaste, Viviane K. 2000. Invisible lives: The erasure of transsexual and transgendered people. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Nash, Catherine J. 2011. “Trans experiences in lesbian and queer space.” Canadian Geographer 55, 192–207.
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Paiva, Daniel. 2018. “Sonic geographies: Themes, concepts, and deaf spots.” Geography Compass, 12(7), e12375–n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12375
Patel, Nigel. 2017. “Violent cistems: Trans experiences of bathroom space.” Agenda (Durban), 31(1), 51–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2017.1369717
Probyn, Elspeth. 1996. Outside Belongings. New York: Routledge.
Puar, Jasbir K. 2007. Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times. In Terrorist Assemblages. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1131fg5
Rosenberg, Rae and Natalie Oswin. 2015. “Trans embodiment in carceral space: Hypermasculinity and the US prison industrial complex.” Gender, Place and Culture 22, 1269–1286.
Seal, Michael. 2019. The interruption of heteronormativity in higher education: critical queer pedagogies. Palgrave Macmillan.
Soja, Edward. 1996. Thirdspace: journeys to Los Angeles and other real-and-imagined places. Blackwell.
Straayer, Chris. 2020. “Trans men’s stealth aesthetics: navigating penile prosthetics and ‘gender fraud’.” Journal of Visual Culture, 19(2), 255–271. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470412920946827
Wentling, Tre. 2015. “Trans* disruptions: Pedagogical practices and pronoun recognition.” Transgender Studies Quarterly 2 (3), 469-476.
Winterson, Jeanette. 1996. “Imagination and Reality.” In Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery. London: Vintage Books, pp. 133-151.
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Arun-Pina, C. (2021). Micro-liminal Spaces of (Mis)Gendering: The Critical Potential of Trans-Pedagogy in Post-Secondary Institutions. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 20(5), 509–530. https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v20i5.1901
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