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A Pedagogy of Pain: New Directions for World Language Education
Author(s) -
ENNSER–KANANEN JOHANNA
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/modl.1_12337
Subject(s) - solidarity , privilege (computing) , white privilege , affect (linguistics) , class (philosophy) , sociology , white (mutation) , aesthetics , psychology , gender studies , political science , law , art , communication , epistemology , philosophy , race (biology) , politics , gene , biochemistry , chemistry
As I am writing this piece, I am highly aware of my privilege as a White, middle class, European woman. I have never had to flee my home, justify my existence, or fear for my life. Although stories of human suffering deeply affect me, my pain is not the pain of those who feel it on their own bodies, minds, lands, and families. I offer this piece as one attempt to stand in solidarity with them and be their ally.