Meet your "new" pedagogical partner: comics. Comics may appear to be familiar collection items but their multifaceted positions and information-rich compositions present refreshing approaches for coordinating impactful classroom design. Introducing examples from contemporary graphic memoirs, this presentation considers alternative texts and media as accessible invitations for students to take part in personal inquiry and ongoing community conversations. The inclusion of comics and other non-traditional sources in library instruction prompts educators to interrogate illustrations of the research process and to seek closer understandings of learners' affective and cognitive experiences with information.
Participants will: 1. Explore the value of visual metaphors and perspectives for communicating interdisciplinary discussions and reckoning with racist history and oppressive systems. 2. Reflect on strategies you can apply in the classroom to support learner's conception of scholarship and critical discourse.
