Becoming-Learner Coordinates for Mapping the Space and Subject of Nomadic Pedagogy

• Published in: Qualitative inquiry Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 786 - 793
• Main Author: Fendler, Rachel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2013; Sage Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Cartography; Deleuze, Gilles; Educational Philosophy; Foreign Countries; Identity; Learning; Mapping; Mobility; Pedagogy; Qualitative Research; Secondary School Students; Self Concept; Social mobility; Sociology; Sociology of education. Educational systems. Lifelong education; Space; Spain (Catalonia); Youth; Spain; becoming-learner; eventful spaces; social cartography; a/r/tography; learning imaginaries; Learning; Nomadism; Pedagogy; Becoming; Imaginary; Apprentice
• ISSN: 1077-8004; 1552-7565
• DOI: 10.1177/1077800413503797

How can the process of “becoming learner” be observed, documented, and shared? What methodology could be used to discuss nomadic qualities of learning mobilities? This article argues in favor of an arts-based research approach, specifically social cartography, as a tool that can encourage young people to reflect on their identity as learners. Attentive to the deterritorializations, transgressions, and disruptions that characterize the learning process, it develops a mobile strategy for following the learner. This argument engages the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to explore a pedagogical framework that expands our social imaginary of learning.