Silence is still violence

A call for critical solidarities

Bibliographic Data

ID21405403
AuthorsBoni Wozolek (0000-0003-4226-1439, Penn State University, Abington College, corresponding author)
Year2026
Pages1-14
Publication date2026-04-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory Into Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-5841 • E-ISSN: 1527-2532
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00405841.2026.2656575
OpenAlexW7154370738
LanguageEN
References cited19

This article calls for educators to think about what it might mean to listen deeply and to think critically to sounds and silences as they exist as a form of curriculum in their classrooms, in the corridors of schools, and across the broader school community. The author argues that by attending to what one learns through the reverberations that compose sounds and silences in schools, educators can engage in a form of critical allyship or, as possible, co-conspiratorship that attends to the complex nature of such relations and relationships. Finally, this article calls for a greater attention to curriculum theorizing as a central facet of both attending to sounds and silences in schools and in being and becoming a stronger ally to and with minoritized populations

Critical theory · Silence · Solidarity · Work (physics) · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies · Peace and Human Rights Education

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