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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

SO excited for this. A blast from the #literacies past.

AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

You will not want to be miss the October chat, where we will be celebrating HOMECOMING with #literacies chat founders Dr. Anna Smith (@anna-phd.bsky.social) and Dr. Emily Pendergrass (@esp-phd.bsky.social)

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

I think @drannd.bsky.social's work is such an example and reminder of how important it is for #literacies scholars working in higher ed settings to stand in solidarity with teachers who are living the risks and realities of censorship all day, every day.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 12d

I've not yet met a teacher who testifies in favor of the legislation that restricts books in classrooms. #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

I would be interested to explore how children themselves respond to censorship! There was a lot of youth backlash to the recent UK online safety act rollout because some young people saw it as censorship. This has been a challenging tension for me, as I also value online safety for youth!

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Yes! Makes me think not only about censorship of content, but censorship of modality, and the ways that arts-based forms of literacy or play-based literacies are often delegitimized in institutional spaces.

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Q6: Ultimately this climate of fear continues to deprofessionalize teachers, which is especially scary in the age of AI, in which digital tools and platforms, uncritically adopted, run the risk of further eroding teachers' creative and professional decision-making power #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

The irony is that this framing of curriculum as a family's "choice" often works at the expense of children's choices, choices in what they read, agree with, how they play, what ideas they engage with

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Q4: As I study children's agency as a major part of my research, I think censorship is a major way we take away children's choice, positioning them as passive, rather than critical thinkers who can question the ideas they encounter. Censorship is a way of delegitimizing children's #literacies.

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

It is so powerful what happens when teachers, school staff and families stand together to fight censorship. A group of teachers in my previous setting was advocating for queer-inclusive sex/relationships education in the school and many parents and staff members stood in solidarity with us!

Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Q3: I continually look to @aaup.org as an organization which has fought tirelessly for scholarly freedom of speech, including standing by scholar activists, in an era in which many forms of speech are under attack in higher education (at many levels!). #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

It's so heartbreaking not only for queer youth, but also for children with queer family members, friends, and other loved ones.

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

There's also so much self-censorship that can be internalized by hearing the ways colleagues have been disciplined or punished for speaking about subject matter or teaching particular texts. Lots of deterrence often at work!

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Ah, we had similar answers! Thinking about the many micro moments of self censorship that go beyond what texts we teach or curricular moves we make, can be the smallest comment or interaction, a constant negotiation.

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Really interesting how humanizing a text, or one's self as a teacher, can sometimes be a form of resistance against censorship - I have had really similar experiences after speaking with parents in person or on the phone at times!

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

A2: As a queer teacher in an elementary school (even one which was more progressive!), I often felt I had to self-censor often - this was because of the broader censorship of queer experiences, texts, and subject matter, especially as they are deemed 'inappropriate' for children. #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

@lexikwoodward.bsky.social really interested in the idea of self-censorship, especially in terms of where such messages are internalized from! Really would love to explore this more in schooling contexts because teachers are at such high risk for even the smallest things they might say

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

@ncte.org is really an organization I look towards when thinking through issues of censorship – thank you for your leadership there!

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

A1: I'm really inspired by Nancy Fraser's idea of participatory parity when thinking about censorship, that censorship could be overt, but it could also result from larger patterns of inequality that silences marginalized voices or contributions in a space or conversation #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Hi everyone! I'm Clara Abbott - I am a PhD student in Literacy Studies at Penn GSE and so excited to be in dialogue about censorship and #literacies tonight!

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

So excited!

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

Less than a min to #literacies! All are welcome to the conversation on
Censorship and #Literacies.

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 21d

For clarification, this month's chat with Dr. Ann David "Censorship and #Literacies " will be taking place on THURSDAY, September 25th. We are so excited to connect!

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · Sep 2

The AI and Education discourse is maddening. "Does AI improve learning?" is a dumb question. What form of "AI" and in what context? What do you mean by learning? Improving on a test or knowledge for use?
If you're asking that question, you don't actually care about a real answer.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University and longtime US permanent resident, has been in ICE detention for OVER one month. The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding Mr. Kim’s release.
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-st...

AAUP Statement on Continued Detention of Tae Heung “Will” Kim

The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding the release of Tae Heung "Will" Kim from ICE detention.

www.aaup.org

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · Aug 27

@snowdaylearninglab.org I love the way you frame that! The fun is very much palpable listening to you all. Inspired by this and hope other scholars continue to follow suit in producing scholarship in alternative modalities!

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