Affect and Neuroqueer learning in the Early Years: Sonic and electric as relational pedagogy

• Principal supervisor: Professor Maggie MacLure
• Supervisors: Dr Abigail Hackett and Professor Elizabeth de Freitas

Background and aims

My PhD research focuses on neurodiversity in early childhood classrooms. I draw from theories of Affect; sound studies and scholarship; crip and neuroqueer theories; and queer and anti-colonialisation scholarship.

I explore how the intention brought to sonic and autonomic methods might point to more inclusive educational practices.

My PhD research adopts music research-creation as the intersection of art, research and theory. In addition to my PhD research, I explore music research-creation as a methodology as part of a glitch-folk/electronica band, Oblique Curiosities.

I am a collaborator of the international research-creation project WalkingLab. I also continue to compose electroacoustic and acoustic concert, film and theatre music (most recently, Filmworker).

Publications

Shannon, D. B. (2021). What do ‘propositions’ do for research-creation? Truth and modality in Whitehead and Wittgenstein. Matter: Journal of New Materialist Research. 2(2).

Shannon, D. B. (2020). Neuroqueering Noise: Beyond ‘mere inclusion’ in a neurodiverse early childhood classroom. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. 9(5). 

Shannon, D. B. and Truman, S. E. (2020). Problematizing sound methods through music research-creation: Oblique Curiosities. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 19. 

Shannon, D. B. (2019). ‘What could be feminist about sound studies?’: (in)Audibility in young children’s soundwalking. Journal of Public Pedagogies. 4.

Truman, S. E. and Shannon, D. B. (2018) Queer sonic cultures: An affective walking-composing project.Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry 

Presentations

Shannon, D. B. (December 2019). (in)Audible, (in)Audacious and (in)Affective: Neuroqueering the soundwalk. ​Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE). Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

​Shannon, D. B. Contesting chrono-ableism: Neuroqueer refrainic refusals in young children’s musical compositions. ​Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (December 2019)​

Truman, S. E. and Shannon, D. B. Queer textualities and temporalities: speculating-with Alpha Centauri. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (December 2019)

​Truman, S. E. and Shannon, D. B. Luring Feeling: Composing with public’s affective milieu. Cultural Studies Association of Australia (CSAA). Brisbane, Queensland , Australia (December 2019)

​Shannon, D. B. Sounding a neuroqueer future: Walking-composing in Northern England. Disability and Disciplines: The International Conference on Educational, Cultural, and Disability Studies (CDS)  Liverpool, UK (July 2019)

Shannon, D. B. Chrono-ableist contours of neuroqueer meanderings: Electrodermal activity and sonic research-creation in northern England. Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) Illinois, ON. (May 2019)

Shannon, D. B. (Neuro)queer temporalities: ‘Surprising deviants’ in northern England. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS) Toronto, ON. (April 2019)

​Shannon, D. B. Rhetorical inclusion beyond the “Inclusion” rhetorics: Neuroqueer literacies in Northern England. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS) Toronto, ON.(April 2019)

​Truman, S. E. and Shannon, D. B. Queer sonic cultures: An affective walking-composing project. Capacious: Affective Inquiry/Making Space. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (August 2018)

​Shannon, D. B. Affect and Neuro-diverse learning in the Early Years: Sound-art as relational pedagogy. Capacious:Affective Inquiry/Making Space. Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA (August 2018)

​Shannon, D. B. and Truman, S. E. Queer the landscape: Walking-songing-researching from Melrose to Lindisfarne. Beyond The Pedestrian. Liverpool, UK USA (July 2018)

Other

Truman, S. E. and Shannon, D. B. Affective Compositions: Hooks, Lures, and Temporalities of the Already-(Future)-Felt (or Music Research-Creation with Oblique Curiosities). Society for the Study of Affect Summer School. Lancaster, PA (August 2018)

​Truman, S. E. and Shannon, D. B. Queer the landscape: Walking-songwriting from Melrose to Lindisfarne. Arts-Based Methods. Manchester, UK (October 2018)

Contact David

Email: david.shannon@mmu.ac.uk

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