CFP: Im/Possibilities of Emancipatory Literacies: MLA 2027 panel
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Modern Language Association 2027 Conference, Los Angeles, CA
The RCWS: Literacy Studies Forum invites 250-word proposals addressing the MLA 2027 conference theme of emancipatory narratives. At these crossroads, what are the im/possibilities of emancipatory literacies? In what spaces do we seek emancipation? And from what? We invite panelists to speak to this theme and to consider the various sites of emancipatory literacies and literacy work: from the mind to the institutions and technologies that confine us, from the body to the communities that shape us. We particularly encourage community educators and writers to submit. This is a guaranteed MLA session, so accepted proposals will be ensured a place on our 2027 convention panel.
Proposals could reference:
Unconventional method/ologies of emancipation narratives, such as autoethnography and fictional autobioethnography
Literacies of liberation
Emergent understandings of emancipatory agency
Communal and community literacy practices, including oral literacies, music, and other modalities
Resistance to institutional and technological coercion
Emancipatory teaching practices and projects
Language as a site of emancipatory praxis/potential
Literacies for solidarity
Counterstories, counter-narratives, and storytelling
Submit 250-word individual or full panel proposals to JWells (jwe...@uky.edu) by March 6th. Proposals will be reviewed by the RCWS Literacy Studies Committee, and notifications will be sent by the end of March.