Posted in About This Project (proposal), Purpose on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So it has occurred to me, and numerous times at that, how what this project is not about is just as important as what this project is about. To that end, here’s what I’m not trying to do:
I am not trying to prove that all Japanese construct sexuality in the same way.
I am not assuming [...]
Posted in Presentations & Manuscripts on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Learner, Teacher, Foreigner, Queer: A narrative examination of identity performance
The above is a manuscript I wrote as part of an identity course I participated in during my doctoral studies at IUP. The narrative used for consideration was published in the May, 2008 issue of ESL Magazine.
In asking my participants to consider their own voices and [...]
Posted in Presentations & Manuscripts on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Here are the slides from my 2007 presentation for the Linguistics Colloquium at Simon Fraser University, an examination of linguistic research ad queer identities.
Posted in Presentations & Manuscripts on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JALT/JACET2008 Presentation
The above are the slides from my June presentation in Nagoya entitled “Synergistic Collaboration: Language teaching and the transmission of ideas about sexuality“. This presentation examines a hypothetical situation where the inclusion of queer sexuality in the EFL classroom in Japan becomes a point of conflict and opportunity for collaboration.
Posted in Narratives on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which occur in a meaningful manner, but which are causally un-related. In order to be ’synchronistic’, the events must be related to one another temporally, and the chance that they would occur together by random chance must be very small.” – Wikipedia
“Meaning is where you put [...]
Posted in Narratives on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two weeks ago I went to Gunma prefecture to present my manuscript about critical composition pedagogy and the power of “no”, the first time to present this manuscript to an audience. I like the term “audience” because to my surprise, about half of the presentation turned out to be a performance (but really, aren’t they [...]
Posted in Narratives on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I started writing a post yesterday entitled “Headspin 2.0″ because since arriving at the Tokyo airport, I feel like I’ve been all second glances and confusion…but it’s a happy yayakoshi yo!
I guess I have to start with Kamakura…You see, about 10 or so years ago I took an art therapy class at George Washington University [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it’s coming up to the 2 week mark in Japan – I can hardly believe a quarter of my trip has passed so quickly. I feel utterly at home here in Japan and proud to be part of its academic community, even if only peripherally.
I want to put a big thank you out into [...]
Posted in Presentations & Manuscripts on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DISCOVERING VOICES Nagoya Presentation
Thank you for attending today’s discussion of autonomy, language learner identities and sexuality. I’ve posted the slides from the presentation power point above.
Please consider sharing your stories by clicking the SHARE YOUR STORY tab at the top of this page, or by emailing Marlen at m dot e dot harrison at iup [...]
Posted in Narratives on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks a go a Japanese female friend of mine (T) emailed me asking if she could bring a Japanese male acquaintance (K) by my office to meet me. I happily agreed and so I met with T and her friend. At first I was a bit puzzled about why he wanted to meet [...]
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