Literary Arpilleras: Textiles as Place-Based, Creative Pedagogy. Issue 1 (14th September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Clark, Fiona
• Is Part Of: Modern languages open. Volume 2022:Issue 1(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-09-14
• Subjects: Languages, Modern -- Periodicals; Comparative linguistics -- Periodicals; Philology -- Periodicals; 405
• DOI: 10.3828/mlo.v0i0.409
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-5397

Abstract

This article is a reflection on the experience of using textile making, arpilleras, as a creative practice to stimulate engagement with literature and the lived environment in a course on Latin American literature. The discussion will illustrate how, by recognising the body as another place of learning, this approach can help students engage at a deeper and more personal level with ecological fiction and relate their reading to personal experience. Textile making as place-based pedagogy recognises the body as another place of learning & engages students with Latin American fiction.