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Teaching in Times of Crisis explores how comparative methods, which
are instrumental in reading and teaching works of literature from
around the world, also provide us with tools to dissect and engage
the moments of crises that permeate our contemporary political
realities. The book is written in the form of a series of classroom
reflections—or memos—capturing the political environment
preceding and proceeding the 2016 US presidential election. It
examines the ways in which the ethics involved in reading
comparatively can be employed by teachers and students alike to map
and foster "lifelines for cultural sustainability" (to borrow the
term from Djelal Kadir’s Memos from the Besieged City) that are
essential for creating and maintaining a healthy multicultural
society. Nyawalo achieves this through comparative readings of
postcolonial films, LGBTQ texts, French slam poetry, as well as
episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation, among other
materials. The classroom reflections captured in each memo are
shaped by the Appalachian setting in which the discussions and
lessons took place. Inspired by this setting, the author develops
pedagogic ethics of comparison—a method of reading
comparatively—which privileges the local educational spaces in
which students find themselves by mapping the contested cultural
politics of Appalachian realities onto a world literature
curriculum.
Teaching in Times of Crisis explores how comparative methods, which
are instrumental in reading and teaching works of literature from
around the world, also provide us with tools to dissect and engage
the moments of crises that permeate our contemporary political
realities. The book is written in the form of a series of classroom
reflections-or memos-capturing the political environment preceding
and proceeding the 2016 US presidential election. It examines the
ways in which the ethics involved in reading comparatively can be
employed by teachers and students alike to map and foster
"lifelines for cultural sustainability" (to borrow the term from
Djelal Kadir's Memos from the Besieged City) that are essential for
creating and maintaining a healthy multicultural society. Nyawalo
achieves this through comparative readings of postcolonial films,
LGBTQ texts, French slam poetry, as well as episodes from Star
Trek: The Next Generation, among other materials. The classroom
reflections captured in each memo are shaped by the Appalachian
setting in which the discussions and lessons took place. Inspired
by this setting, the author develops pedagogic ethics of
comparison-a method of reading comparatively-which privileges the
local educational spaces in which students find themselves by
mapping the contested cultural politics of Appalachian realities
onto a world literature curriculum.
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