Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 3 Number: 3 Page: 198–212
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Articulating Contact in the Classroom: Towards a Constitutive Focus in Critical Pedagogy
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Keith E. Nainby, John T. Warren and Christopher Bollinger
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In this paper we call into question the ontological assumptions within prominent, foundational critical pedagogy literature – particularly the work of Paulo Freire. We suggest that these ontological
assumptions may limit critical educational efforts within multicultural communities, because they tacitly reduce our complex, contested classroom interactions to preparatory or subsidiary events within
transformative pedagogy. We contend that ongoing classroom communication can itself become an important locus of transformation, if we approach such communication from the perspective of what John Stewart
labels a 'one-world,' rather than a 'two-worlds', ontology.
© Multilingual Matters 2003
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