Zombies in the Classroom: A Horrific Attempt to Engage Students in Critically Thinking about Turkey's Undead Application to Join the European Union

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  • Author(s): McCarthy, Linda; Sziarto, Kristin
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 2015 39(1):83-96.
  • Publication Date:
    2015
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign Countries; Geography; Geography Instruction; Role Playing; Politics; Active Learning; Educational Environment; Critical Thinking; Social Distance; Death; Human Body
    • Subject Terms:
      European Union; Turkey; Wisconsin
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/03098265.2014.1002078
    • ISSN:
      0309-8265
    • Abstract:
      This paper reports on an introductory world regional geography course with a role-playing exercise. The goal was to situate students in a form of popular geopolitics that engaged them viscerally with positionality and othering. Students were assigned different positionalities in a liminal active learning environment within a context of fear of zombies; some actually engaged in othering or were othered; many vocally critiqued their own or others' positionalities and arguments. Later in the semester, students were more engaged and likely to apply the concepts of positionality and othering in critically thinking about the real-world case of Turkey's European Union application.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      33
    • Publication Date:
      2015
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1053114