Mitchell (2008) asks faculty to adopt “a ‘critical’ approach to community service learning” (p. 50), one that focuses on social change, redistribution of power, and the development of authentic relationships. However, the path of transformation from traditional to critical service-learning practices remains unexplored. In this autoethnographic reflective essay, five individuals share their journey from higher education institutions as they engaged in a community of practice examining their own questions, assumptions, experiences, and positionality to more fully understand critical service-learning (CSL). This essay documents self-discovery through an iterative reflection process, detailing the approach used to examine CSL and interrogate the relationship between positionality and critical theory. This process provides a roadmap for service-learning practitioners interested in developing their own critical consciousness. Key outcomes include a conceptual model position ing CSL on a spectrum, in which one may approach without necessarily achieving social change, and the development of a toolkit of CSL resources.
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English
Keyword:
critical reflection, faculty learning community, critical service-learning, social change, positionality, and autoethnography
Two members of Marian University's Department of English, Marcia Eppich-Harris, Ph.D., and Diane Prenatt, Ph.D. gave a presentation entitled Bodies in Play: Shakespeare's Depiction of Illness. The presentation explored medicine during Shakespeare's lifetime and looked at the portrayal of illness within his work. The presentation coincided with the National Library of Medicine exhibition, "And There's the Humor of it": Shakespeare and the Four Humors, which the Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library hosted from October 24, 2017 - December 2, 2017.
This reflection offers an introduction of a survey of the theories, practices, and critiques of critical service learning. In doing so, the authors connect the historical lineage of community engagement to current and future practices of critical service learning as well as the need to continually imagine new and as yet unthought possibilities.
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English
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critical service learning, critical community engagement, and futurity
Hamlet, Art, and Apoptosis: The Shakespearean Artwork of Julie Newdoll
Creator:
Eppich-Harris, Marcia
Description:
Contemporary artist Julie Newdoll's painted series “Shakespeare: The Mirror up to Science” explores the connection between Shakespeare's Hamlet, suicide, and science. Using the thesis supported by the work of Burton R. Pollin that Hamlet's revenge is fueled by his desire to commit suicide, Newdoll shows how the biological process of apoptosis—that is, programmed cell death—can be used as a metaphor for Hamlet's suicide narrative through her paintings.
Hubert’s Encounters with the Succession in Shakespeare’s King John
Creator:
Eppich-Harris, Marcia
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This article discusses the role of Hubert in Shakespeare's King John, illustrating Shakespeare's contemplation of the influence of one person's impact on monarchical succession.
Originally published at the The Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference.
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English
Keyword:
succession of a monarch, King John, Hubert, King maker, and Shakespeare studies