Pedagogies of Discomfort

Trauma-informed pedagogies, pedagogies of discomfort and the arts

Several projects have been developed and implemented since 2019 in the Argentine context intended to foreground the value of pedagogies at the intersection of language, art and trauma. One premise is that a linguistic perspective in and of itself is insufficient and needs to be supported by artistic and multimodal forms of expression as those reinforced by the arts.

To find out more:

Byram, M. Porto, M. & Yulita, L. (2023). Beyond Teaching Languages for Communication – Humanistic Perspectives and Practices. Languages, 8(3), 166. Special Issue "Promoting Cross-Cultural Communication in Digital and Non-digital Environments:Language and Intercultural Interaction". DOI: 10.3390/languages8030166

Porto, M. & Yulita, L. (2019). Is there a place for forgiveness and discomforting pedagogies in the foreign language classroom in higher education?, Cambridge Journal of Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2019.1566441​

Porto, M. & Houghton, S.A. (2023). Introduction: Arts integration and community engagement for intercultural dialogue through language education. Language Teaching Research, 27(2), 234–260.https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211044544

Porto, M. & Zembylas, M. (2022). Linguistic and Artistic Representations of Trauma: The Contribution of Pedagogies of Discomfort in Language Education. The Modern Language Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12776​