The Vanguard of the Avant-Garde: Keywords for Political Agency

Autor/in	MacDonald, Michael T.
Titel	The Vanguard of the Avant-Garde: Keywords for Political Agency
Quelle	In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 30 (2023) 1, S.77-86 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-684X
DOI	10.1080/1358684X.2022.2155111
Schlagwörter	Political Attitudes; African Americans; History; English Instruction; Minority Groups; Social Change; Futures (of Society); Artists; College Faculty; Activism; Literature; Student Centered Learning; Teaching Methods; Advantaged; Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Afroamerikaner; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Ethnische Minderheit; Sozialer Wandel; Future; Society; Zukunft; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Fakultät; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Literatur; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	This article examines the terms "avant-garde" and "vanguard" as keywords for teaching English through the concept of political agency. For example, political theorist Lea Ypi has conceptualised an 'avant-garde political agency' as an experimental process that is meant to be both rhetorically effective and grounded in historical context; however, this approach also presents an opportunity for teachers and students to revisit how Black Power traditions in the USA, for instance, have used the related term "vanguard" to imagine alternate futures. To reconcile this disconnection, I examine excerpted uses of the two terms from select BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of colour) artists, scholars, and activists. This keyword analysis can provide a useful lesson for teachers and students in English classrooms about the importance of historical context when engaging with challenging texts or experimental artwork. Keyword analysis is a useful way to provide that kind of context, and further, when these two terms are combined, the resulting 'vanguard avant-garde' perspective encourages historicised forward thinking through an understanding of agency that foregrounds experimentation, public communication, and student-centred teaching. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01