Education
Disrupting School Rituals
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Integrating the theories of Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman, this article presents a theoretical and empirical analysis for conceptualizing school classrooms as ritualized spaces that shape the roles, relationships, and interactions of students and teachers. This analysis is then used to examine the impact of one urban classroom that employed new classroom rituals to disrupt the traditional practices and performative roles of students and teachers. The article argues that disruptive rituals play an important role in efforts to transform patterns of social interactions in urban classrooms.
Publication Title
Urban Education
Publication Date
2023
Volume
58
Issue
1
First Page
59
Last Page
86
ISSN
0042-0859
DOI
10.1177/0042085919838007
Keywords
classroom culture, Erving Goffman, Michel Foucault, rituals, urban education
Repository Citation
DeMeulenaere, Eric, "Disrupting School Rituals" (2023). Education. 27.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_education/27
