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Contrapuntal reading

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Building on Said (1993), the article defines contrapuntal reading as drawing out "the logics of and resistances to empire and imperialism that are silent or marginally present" in designs and theories. It complements, rather than replaces, contextual and consequential readings by adding a sharpened analysis of imperialism, asking "Who is simultaneously integral and invisiblized through imperialism in our conceptualizations of learning?" The article demonstrates the lens by reading disciplinary authenticity in computing education alongside sociology of immigrant tech workers.

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  • Contrapuntal reading: juxtaposing designs and theories with histories of empire: Building on Said (1993), the article defines contrapuntal reading as drawing out "the logics of and resistances to empire and imperialism that are silent or marginally present" in designs and theories. It complements, rather than replaces, contextual and consequential readings by adding a sharpened analysis of imperialism, asking "Who is simultaneously integral and invisiblized through imperialism in our conceptualizations of learning?" The article demonstrates the lens by reading disciplinary authenticity in computing education alongside sociology of immigrant tech workers. (Philip et al. (2020))

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  • Philip, T., & Sengupta, P. (2020). Theories of Learning as Theories of Society: A Contrapuntal Approach to Expanding Disciplinary Authenticity in Computing. Journal of the Learning Sciences. http://www.isls.org/. doi:10.1080/10508406.2020.1828089
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title Contrapuntal reading
description Building on Said (1993), the article defines contrapuntal reading as drawing out "the logics of and resistances to empire and imperialism that are silent or marginally present" in designs and theories.
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