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SUMMARY:Queering the Art Classroom - Tabitha Millett\, IoE\, University Co
 llege London
DTSTART:20190130T163000Z
DTEND:20190130T180000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Since 2003 British governments have developed legislation supp
 orting lesbian\, gay\, bisexual and transgender individuals (LGBT+). In do
 ing so\, they have foregrounded the need for educational institutions to r
 espond proactively. Evidence suggests that homophobia is prominent in UK s
 chools\,yet measures to address the issue have rested on schools reducing 
 discussions of homosexuality to anti-bullying discourses and introducing c
 urriculum modifications that are overwhelmingly homonormative. These metho
 ds ignore the societal and institutional power structures that produce hom
 ophobia\, which is often referred to as heteronormativity. It has been sug
 gested that heteronormativity\, not victim narratives\, needs to be disrup
 ted in the curriculum to prevent homophobia to create new learning environ
 ments.\nThrough my research and experience teaching art\, I found that art
  education is a fruitful site for disrupting heteronormativity and normati
 ve learning practices. Art can promote criticality\, exploration and flexi
 ble learning\, serving to puncture regulatory discourses that restrict lea
 rning and teaching. In the art classroom\, gender and sexuality is hardly 
 ever broached. In my doctoral research\, I have developed an intervention 
 that focuses on non-normative genders and sexualities for students at GCSE
  level. Through the application of a pedagogy rooted in queer theory\, the
  study explores the possibilities of disrupting heteronormativity and norm
 ative learning by investigating student and teacher responses to the inter
 ventions. The study is an exploration of an attempt at moving beyond the h
 omonormative inclusion of LGBT+ content\, towards a deeper exploration of 
 gender and sexuality.\n\nTabitha researches in the areas of Queer Theory a
 nd Art Education at IOE/UCL. Tabitha’s PhD research focuses on developin
 g a curriculum at GCSE by exploring gender and sexuality in the art classr
 oom. Tabitha has taught Art and Design in a number of London schools and c
 ontinues to develop her own artistic practice working with the themes of g
 ender and sexuality. Tabitha has had exhibitions in: National Trust\, Dean
  Street Soho\, The Oxford International Women's Festival\, Homerton Colleg
 e Cambridge University\, Brick Lane\, Roman road and Hackney Road. In addi
 tion\, Tabitha was recently awarded the Spirit of Soho award for her artwo
 rk and the Charles Fox prize at Cambridge for her research.
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, room GS1
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