Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity

"Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity" explores how emotions and sensations influence teaching and learning. It examines how feelings shape our interactions, perceptions, and the ways we convey knowledge, emphasizing that learning isn’t just intellectual but also deeply connected to bodily and emotional experiences. The book discusses how educators can recognize and work with these feelings to create more meaningful, engaging instructional environments. Overall, it highlights the importance of affect—our emotional states—in shaping educational practices and how human behavior and communication are performative, meaning they actively create and shape social realities.