In this Commentary I engage the vital questions posed by Dr. Edmund T. Hamann in his 2022 Council on Anthropology and Education Presidential Address: What do we do educational anthropology for—and what more can we do to ensure our work makes a positive difference in an increasingly unjust and precarious world? In the spirit of Ted Hamann's “scholarly generation-spanning,” I look backward and forward in responding to these questions, highlighting the ways in which educational anthropologists have addressed “what for” and “what more” over the years. I suggest that a commitment to relationships and relational accountability constitutes a distinctive quality and practice of transformative educational-anthropological research.
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This is a lightly revised (read copy-edited) rendering of my CAE Past-President's address, which was presented live on Nov. 10, 2022 at the AAA annual meeting in Seattle.
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The relationship between the senses and social interaction within schools is often overlooked in existing studies. Drawing on evidence generated through ethnography and Photovoice in a progressive democratic school, we apply new materialist approaches to explore the relational dynamics of affective sensorial–material interactions to afford embodied freedom. The school's approach prioritizes “feeling with” as sensory engagement with materials, enabling negotiated comforts and expression in learning environments. We argue this approach can fundamentally reshape educational experiences.
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