Satire as an Educative Tool for Critical Pedagogy in the Public Affairs Classroom

Hayes, Nini

doi:10.1080/10841806.2016.1240464

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“…Instead of essentializing global south as the wasteland of civilization or championing the western model of administration as the undisputed ideal, classrooms of public administration should be used to generate meaningful discourses to imagine something different. In this regard Hayes’ (2016) recommendation to use satire as a critical pedagogical tool to facilitate discussion of hard questions and Blessett et al’s (2016) call for inclusion of counterhegemonic scripts of post-colonialism, feminism, and other critical theories in the PA curricula can serve as useful starting points. Integration of critical pedagogies that require us to work with students and staff to decolonize curricula, classroom practices, supervisory and mentorship relationships, and knowledge production and administrative practices will go a long way in contesting these notions of a singular ontology of global administration.…”

Section: What Global Public Administration Is Notmentioning

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Imagining an Otherwise Global Public Administration

Nisar

Masood

2022

Administration & Society

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Global public administration remains an incomplete project with contested notions of its aims and objectives. Given its disputed nature we focus on developing a negative definition of global public administration. We argue that a global public administration cannot be based on a singular ontology, western epistemology and Eurocentric research agenda. Moreover, a truly global public administration must not be committed to myopic limitations concerning its scope, historicity, objectives and research methods. To help foster discussion toward reimagining a different public administration, based on the postcolonial work of Khatibi, we argue for an otherwise thinking about global public administration. This would require looking with alterity for inspiration and insight, looking back to learn from history, looking differently to formulate new questions through new lenses, looking inwards at disciplinary exclusions, and looking dialectically to navigate the macro-micro research divide.

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Section: What Global Public Administration Is Notmentioning

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Imagining an Otherwise Global Public Administration

Nisar

Masood

2022

Administration & Society

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“…"Humor sometimes manages to enhance commonsensical views on political affairs rather than promote radical thinking" (Tsakona & Popa, 2011, p. 2) by highlighting the absurdity of the political actor's decisions or behaviors. Beavers (2011) and Hayes (2016) both designed academic courses that embedded The Daily Show and their research demonstrates its positive pedagogical benefits. "Although The Daily Show isn't the most truthful political news show, it does make people think more about issues.…”

Section: Humor In Teaching Politicsmentioning

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It's a bit inappropriate: What to avoid when using humor in teaching politics

Martin¹

2021

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While the benefits of using humor in teaching have been documented in the literature, this article undertakes qualitative research to examine its associated risks. This is not to discourage the use of humor as a pedagogical tool in the teaching of politics. Rather, through analysis of data from three focus groups of 2nd and 3rd year Politics and/or International Relations (Pol & IR) students, this article advances a student-centric understanding of the pitfalls to be avoided by Pol & IR lecturers seeking to harness the benefits of humor in their content delivery.

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“…The Kitchen God, not only as entertainment but also a critical reflection of the political life of the Vietnamese nation. Hayes (2016) argued for the effectiveness of satire in teaching difficult issues in public affairs classroom. The current empirical literature shows that viewers of political satire programs tend to gain a modest amount of knowledge about political issues.…”

Section: Four Dimensions Of Political Satire's Effects: Activism Affmentioning

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“…For example, Hall (2014) argues for a "satirical vision of politics," in which he examines the use of satire since Aristophanes and proposes satire can be an instrument for political education and provides a robust foundation, ontologically and epistemologically, for a theory in International Relations. Hayes (2016) explores how satire can fit into public affairs classroom and facilitate education of critical pedagogy. Hayes points out that in public affairs education, students are expected to be familiar with systematic and institutional problems in society, and that can have melancholic effects.…”

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Representation of corruption in Vietnam’s contemporary mass media: Insights from online news satirical cartoons

Ho¹

2020

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The art of satirical cartooning in Vietnam, a one-party state where the media environment is not fully open, is currently subject to multiple liberating forces: a globalized emerging economy, the rise of social networks, and a rich tradition of satire. This thesis examines the effects of this new dynamics on the evolution of the satirical art form by analyzing changes in the representation of corruption in cartoons of a well-known and pioneering state-owned online news outlet in Vietnam. Using a mixed method approach, the study finds a heavy use of auxiliary markers (in 100% cartoons of the random sample) and an enduring taboo of not depicting real-life public figures too realistically or unflatteringly (99% of the sample is generic depiction of people). These findings indicate the influence of a strict media environment as well as of a Confucian culture where “face” is almost a sacred value. The growing trend of depicting corruption as a systematic problem, which is present in 45% of the sample, hints at a change in the sensibility of the audiences and a movement toward a more tolerant mediascape. Yet, this may also be a worrying sign of increasing cynicism and apathy among the audiences. Nonetheless, the practice of political cartoons in Vietnam has provided an important public venue for collective political reflections and social solidarity on a daily basis.

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Satire as an Educative Tool for Critical Pedagogy in the Public Affairs Classroom

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Imagining an Otherwise Global Public Administration

Imagining an Otherwise Global Public Administration

It's a bit inappropriate: What to avoid when using humor in teaching politics

Representation of corruption in Vietnam’s contemporary mass media: Insights from online news satirical cartoons

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