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Welcoming Narratives in Education: A Tribute to the Life Work of Jonathan Silin. Occasional Paper Series, 2021 (45) . Retrieved from [https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series/vol2021/iss45/](https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series/vol2021/iss45/)[ ](https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series/vol2021/iss45/)1  \nThis Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Educate. It has been accepted for inclusion in Occasional Paper Series by an authorized editor of Educate. For more information, please contact [kfreda@bankstreet.edu](kfreda@bankstreet.edu).  \n| Occasional Paper Series | 4. 2021 |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | 45 |\n\nWelcoming Narratives in Education: A Tribute to the Life Work of Jonathan Silin  \nIntroduction  \nLisa Farley  \nGail Boldt  \nEssays by  \nNicole Ineese-Nash  \nVeronica Pacini-Ketchabaw  \nFikile Nxumalo  \nDebbie Sonu  \nTran Nguyen Templeton  \nWendy Luttrell  \nEsther Ohito  \nRubén Gaztambide-Fernández  \nHarper Keenan  \nJen Gilbert  \nAlyssa Niccolini  \nJennifer Rowsell  \nCassie Brownell  \nKaren Wohlwend  \nAna Carolina Díaz Beltrán  \nPaty Abril-Gonzalez  \nCinthya Saavedra  \nMichelle Salazar Pérez  \nVirginia Casper  \nDeborah Britzman  \nJonathan Silin  \nTable of Contents  \nINTRODUCTION  \nWelcoming Narratives in Education: A Tribute to the Life Work of Jonathan Silin Lisa Farley and Gail Boldt  \nRelationships at the Core: A Story of Jonathan Silin Gail Boldt and Lisa Farley  \nESSAYS  \nOntologies of Welcoming: Anishinaabe Narratives of Relationality and Practices for Educators Nicole Ineese-Nash  \nWitnessing Encounters: A Response to Nicole Ineese-Nash’s “Ontologies of Welcoming”Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw  \nDecolonial Water Pedagogies: Invitations to Black, Indigenous, and Black-Indigenous World-Making  \nFikile Nxumalo  \nWhat Stories, Like Water, Hold: A Response to Fikile Nxumalo Debbie Sonu  \nWhose Story Is It? Thinking Through Early Childhood with Young Children’s Photographs Tran Nguyen Templeton  \nWhat Grown-Ups Aren’t Thinking About: A Response to Tran Nguyen Templeton Wendy Luttrell  \nWhat Can We Not Leave Behind? Storying Family Photographs, Unlocking Emotional Memories, and Welcoming Complex Conversations on Being Human  \nEsther Ohito  \nUngrasping the Other: The Parent, the Child, and the Making of Solidarities.  \nA Response to Esther Ohito Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández  \nKeep Yourself Alive: Welcoming the Next Generation of Queer and Trans Educators Harper Keenan  \nAmbivalent Legacies: A Response to Harper Keenan Jen Gilbert  \n4  \n10  \n15  \n21  \n24  \n34  \n37  \n47  \n50  \n59  \n63  \n75  \nVulnerable Literacies Alyssa Niccolini  \nMapping Common Grounds Between Mother and Child: A Response to Alyssa Niccolini Jennifer Rowsell  \nPlaying Through Tragedy: A Critical Approach to Welcoming Children’s Social Worldsand Play as Pedagogy  \nCassie Brownell  \nWelcoming Play in Times of Trauma: A Response to Cassie Brownell Karen Wohlwend  \n79  \n85  \n88  \n97  \nEnlaces in Reflections and (Re)memberings as Latina Border Crossers: Journeys of Childhood  \nand Professional Un/Welcomings 100  \nAna Carolina Díaz Beltrán, PatyAbril-Gonzalez, Cinthya Saavedra, and Michelle Salazar Pérez  \nQuintessential Jonathan 113  \nVirginia Casper  \nThe Times of Our Lives 116  \nDeborah Britzman  \nIntroduction Part 1  \nWelcoming Narratives in Education: A Tribute to the Life Work of Jonathan Silin  \nLisa Farley and ","cbCaihSjV9Zx8Lav","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihSjV9Zx8Lav","pdf",9515794,122,"English","# Introduction\n## Relationships at the Core: A Story of Jonathan Silin\n# Essays\n## Ontologies of Welcoming\n## Witnessing Encounters\n## Decolonial Water Pedagogies\n## What Stories, Like Water, Hold\n## Whose Story Is It?\n## What Grown-Ups Aren’t Thinking About\n## What Can We Not Leave Behind?\n## Ungrasping the Other\n## Keep Yourself Alive\n## Ambivalent Legacies\n## Vulnerable Literacies","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of Issue 45 in the Occasional Paper Series?\",\"answer\":\"Issue 45 is designed as a tribute to Jonathan Silin and reflects the series’ respect for the priorities that shaped his career.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the issue describe narrative’s role in education?\",\"answer\":\"Narrative is presented as dialogic, interpretive, and transformative, helping reconnect fixed meanings with the fluidity of experiences, voices, and relationships.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes about childhood and development does the issue challenge?\",\"answer\":\"It challenges dominant narratives that constrain who children are imagined to be and that deny children’s complex subjectivities, individualize socially produced traumas, or pathologize diverse loves and peoples.\"}]","Welcoming Narratives in Education: A Tribute to the Life Work of Jonathan Silin - Issue 45 - Full Issue | PDF",188]