Public Pedagogy of Visual Culture & Gender: Unsettling Feminism(s) Editorial

Abstract

There is no such thing as a random recollection. They are all somehow interconnected—for everything is narrative. And the one narrative we all grapple with is the life we call our own. (Kennedy, 2011, p. 26)

Over and over again, we are reminded that as we expose our-selves to the narratives of others, our own memories are evoked. Then, as our memories juxtapose with others’ narratives, insights are triggered that interface with history, relationships, and with both small and large cultures. Shared narratives become public pedagogy, and this is the central theme of this issue of Visual Culture & Gender. These public narratives that come from the authors’ poignant desire to investigate and share in-sights are text- and art-based, self- and culture-reflective. In these articles, readers are invited to consider multiple ways our social experiences are, most of the time, unreflexively taken for granted. Stepping outside of our comfort zones often encourages us to reflect on invisible habits of understanding.