Eva Bauer & Nicole Haring 
Mediating Social Challenge 
Art, Storytelling, and Critical Pedagogies

In the face of social inequalities, digital divides, hegemonic power relations, capitalist conflicts of interests, asymmetric gender relations and international border and migration regimes, educational and social actions are becoming more challenging. Mediating these social challenges demands new methods and approaches. Thus, the contributors to this volume use critical pedagogies to reflect on art, literature, storytelling, and digital methods as a means to mediating social challenges in teaching practices. The contributions challenge normative perceptions of identity while also promoting students’ multiliteracy skills.

About the author

Eva Bauer is currently enrolled in the Joint Master’s Programme for English and American Studies at Universität Graz and Université Paris Cité. She works as a project assistant at the Center for Inter-American Studies in the Erasmus+ funded project »Eco Stories«. Her academic interest mainly revolves around socio- and psycholinguistics as well as feminist and African American literature.
Nicole Haring is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Studies (CIAS) at Universität Graz, Austria working on gender and aging studies, environmental humanities, contemporary US-American literatures, Inter-American studies, and critical pedagogies. Recently, she finished her doctorate at Universität Graz with honors working on intergenerational storytelling on gender and education.
Roberta Maierhofer is a professor of American studies and Director of the Center for Inter-American Studies at Universität Graz, Austria. Her research focuses on (Inter)American literature and culture, gender and age/aging.