Todd, Sharon
(2014)
Between Body and Spirit: The Liminality
of Pedagogical Relationships.
Journal of Philosophy of Education, 48 (2).
pp. 231-245.
ISSN 0309-8249
Abstract
This article explores the pedagogical, transformative aspects
of education as a relation, viewing such transformation as
occurring in the liminal space between body and spirit. In
order to explore this liminal space more thoroughly, the
article first outlines a case for why liminality is of
educational and not only of pedagogical concern, building
on James Conroy’s notion of the liminal imagination and his
emphasis on the importance of metaphor for calling our
attention to the ontological spaces that make up educational
practice. I then use this metaphor both substantively and
methodologically, offering a reading of Clarice Lispector’s
novel The Stream of Life as a performance of the liminal
imagination in its attempt to put into focus the embodied and
transcendent aspects of becoming, both of which I see as
central to defining what is pedagogical about human
existence. The article then turns to developing how different
metaphors may be mobilised to signify the particularly
relational quality of becoming, drawing on Luce Irigaray’s
work to explore more closely the corporeal and spiritual
aspects of becoming in relation. I then turn my attention to a
more fulsome discussion of the significance of approaching
pedagogical relationships in education in this way and what
this signifies for the teacher-student encounter in particular.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Body; Spirit; Liminality;
Pedagogical; Relationships; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
8544 |
| Depositing User: |
Prof. Sharon Todd
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| Date Deposited: |
01 Aug 2017 16:24 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Journal of Philosophy of Education |
| Publisher: |
Wiley |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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