TEACHx 2024

A basic principle of the liberal arts classroom is that students must understand history to build on it. But what is the process of building? How do we teach meaningful intervention? How do we guide students to put histories of exclusion in productive tension with futures of inclusion? This presentation offers adaptation and conflict mediation as modes of conversation with the past, whether that is an older text or an older scholar. Participants will engage with three theories of adaptation fidelity with Thomas Leitch; palimpsest with Linda Hutcheon; and talk-back with Julie Sanders as pathways for students to re-tell a story. We will further practice conflict mediation scenarios, to develop a conflict writing framework for students to respond to other voices. Finally, we will develop an assignment sequence that empowers students as literate, thoughtful creators.