I’m pleased to announce the publication of the book Dissonant Methods: Undoing Discipline in the Humanities Classroom, just out with the University of Alberta Press. Co-edited with my colleague Ada Jaarsma, the edited collection of essays is the culmination of five years of labour. Sponsored by Mount Royal University‘s Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, this project began in earnest as a workshop at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
The contributors to the book are Kathy Cawsey, Kit Dobson, Ada S. Jaarsma, Rachel Jones, Kyle Kinaschuk, Namrata Mitra, Guy Obrecht, Katja K. Pettinen, Kaitlin Rothberger, Ely Shipley, and Martin Shuster. Across the chapters, assembled from different disciplines in the Arts, the thinkers assembled here challenge disciplinary formations and think about how disciplines themselves animate classroom structures. The goal is to push back against neoliberal forms of education that too often view educators simply as the deliverers of content rather than the vital forces that make learning itself possible.
I welcome any inquiries about the book for reviews or interviews — or just questions. The University of Alberta Press’ webpage for the book is here. I encourage you to place orders directly with the press!
