
Dr. Kedrick James
Media
Audio Recordings
James, K., Peña, E., & Takeda, Y., & Morales, E. (2020). Singling’s First (Adult) Conversation in 5 Parts. Bandcamp. https://kedrickjames.bandcamp.com/track/singlings-first-adult-conversation-in-five-parts
James, K., Klassen, D., & Peña, E. (2020). Knocking Speakers Off Plinths [Full album]. Bandcamp and online stores. https://emetics.bandcamp.com/album/knocking-speakers-off-plinths
James, K., Klassen, D., & Peña, E. (2020). Permanent Damage [Full album]. Bandcamp and online stores. https://emetics.bandcamp.com/album/permanent-damage
James, K., Klassen, D., & Peña, E. (2020). Bamboo Popes [Full Album]. Bandcamp and online stores. https://emetics.bandcamp.com/album/bamboo-popes
James, K., & Klassen, D. (2020). Bizarre as Usual [Full album]. Online stores.
James, K., & Klassen, D. (2014). Fluke Audio, Part 1 [Vinyl LP]. No Label, Vancouver,
Projects
Visit the Digital Literacy Centre website for complete details: https://dlsn.lled.educ.ubc.ca/
Courses
Selected Publications


















Selected Presentations
Invited Presentations
James, K. (2020, February 21). All we have to do is listen [Keynote speaker]. Arts-based Teaching and Learning Forum, Creekside Community Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Provincial
Sameshima, P., James, K., Bai, H., Cohen, A., & Gillard, Y. (2019, December 18). Ma materialized: A curriculum theory of déclencher [Panel discussion]. Faculty of Education and Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. Provincial
James, K., Takeda, Y., Horst, R., & Morales, E. (2019, October 21). Data visualization in digital arts-based educational research [Conference presentation]. Data Visualization with AR / VR: The IEEE Vis Meetup: Microsoft Vancouver, BC, Canada. Provincial
Cook, C., & James, K. (2019, May 29). Performance of The Water Operator, Research-Based Theatre Research Cluster Symposium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Provincial
Banack, H., & James, K. (2019, April 25). An eco-poetic walkabout [Reading and walking tour for Outdoor Education graduate students]. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Provincial
Belliveau, G., & James, K. (2019, April 24) Performance of The Water Operator [Research-Based Theatre presentation]. Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Vancouver, BC, Canada. Provincial
James, K., Spooner, M., & Ricketts, K. (2019, March 17). Tent Talks: Assessment and Surveillance. Critical Dialogues at Provoking Curriculum. [Panel discussion]. University of Regina. Regina, SK, Canada. Produced for Podcast. International.
James, K. (2018, November 1). The Use of Formal Constraints in Writing Pedagogy [Guest speaker]. Research Seminar Series of the Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. Canada. Provincial
James, K., & Magnanensi, G. (2018, March 9) Dialogues: Towards an Aural Perception, State of the Arts [Panel discussion]. Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Provincial
James, K. (2018, October 10). Seminar on Arts-Based Research. [Guest speaker]. LLED 601 Graduate Research Seminar. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Local
James, K. (2017, November 8). Curriculum Mapping: The SOGI Research [Keynote speaker]. Teacher Education For All Lunchtime Talks series. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Local
Conference Presentations
Morales, E., James, K., Horst, R., Takeda, Y., & Yung, E. (2021, June 25-28). The sound of our words: Singling, a textual sonification software [Conference paper]. 26th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD). Online. International
James, K., Morales, E., Takeda, Y., Horst, R., & Yung, E. (2021, May 30-June 3). Listen and learn: Future methods, present possibilities, and past dilemmas for sounding texts [Conference paper]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, online. International
Gladwin, D., & James, K. (May 30-June 3). Environmental literacy: Approaches to course development in teacher education [Conference paper]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, online. International
James, K., Gladwin, D., Sameshima, P., & Horst, R. (2021, May 30-June 3). Futures literacies: A critical union of pluralities [Symposium-panel]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, online. International
Horst, R., James, K., Morales, E., Takeda, Y., & Yung, E. (2021, May 26-28). Sounding the futures imaginary: A collaborative intra-modal storytelling methodology [Conference paper]. Electronic Literature Organization annual general meeting, online. International https://vimeo.com/showcase/8518450
Carr, W., & James, K. (2021, April 8-12). Inclusive teacher education: Affirming a just and equitable future for gender and sexual diversity [Conference presentation]. American Educational Research Association AGM, Online. International
James, K., Morales, E., Horst, R., Takeda, Y., & Yung, E. (2020, October 17-18). Story music and the future of sound thinking [Conference presentation and performance]. Connections: The Arts Integrated Research Group’s 3rd International Symposium, Online. International
James, K., Horst, R., Morales, E., Takeda, Y., & Yung, E. (2020, July 15-18) Singling and the earful yarning: A remote, digital, hyper-interactive text-MIDI literacoustic jam [Conference presentation and performance]. Electronic Literature Organization AGM, Online. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2020/live/events/5/. International
Takeda, Y., & James, K. (2020, July 15-18) Search and consume: Consummation of desire among the database animals [Conference paper]. Electronic Literature Organization AGM, Online. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2020/asynchronous/talks/10/. International
Horst, R., & James, K. (2020, COVID cancelled). Creative intra-agential computational thinking in makerspace literacy events [Conference paper]. American Educational Research Association AGM, San Francisco, CA, United States. International
Peña, E., James, K., Takeda, Y., & Ahn, C. (2020 COVID postponed until 2022, April 26-29,). A model for visualizing historical data [Conference presentation]. International Network for Theory of History (INTH) 4th International Conference. Puebla, Mexico. International
Carr, W., James, K., & Moore, A. (2019, September 26-27). Literacies of inclusion for gender and sexual diversity in teacher education [Conference presentation]. Languaging in Times of Change Conference. University of Stirling, United Kingdom. International
James, K., Pena, E., Balyasnikova, N., Moore, A., Takeda, Y., & Horst, R. (2019, June 1-5). Hiding in plain sight: Material tools, digital processes and missing pedagogy. A Digital Literacy Centre symposium [Conference symposium]. Congress, Canadian Society for the Study of Education. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. International
James, K. (2019, June 1-5). Procedural poetics for teaching writing and arts-based research [Conference paper]. Congress, Canadian Society for the Study of Education. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. International
James, K. (2019, June 1). Carl Leggo: Rebel Poet in the Academy [Conference performance]. Congress of the Humanities, CACS Preconference, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada. International
James, K. (2019, March 15-17). Sojourning with SOGI: Mapping a teacher education program’s curriculum to build inclusivity [Conference paper]. Provoking Curriculum Conference, Regina, SK, Canada. National
James, K., Takeda, Y., & Peña, E., & Digital Literacy Centre (2018, August 13-17). PhoneMe: A mobile phone-native genre of poetry for the social media age [Conference presentation]. Electronic Literature Organization AGM, Montreal, QC, Canada. International
Peña, E., James, K., & Digital Literacy Centre (2018, August 13-17). Transmedia: an improvisualization [Conference presentation]. Electronic Literature Organization AGM, Montreal, QC, Canada. International
James, K., Takeda, Y., Peña, E., & Balyasnikova, N. (2017, May 27-31). Future practices in digital literacy: knowledge mobilization, computational thinking, community engagement [Symposium]. Congress, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Toronto, ON, Canada. International
Sameshima, P., Sinner, A., White, B., Leggo, C., Weibe, S., James, K., Bai, H., Cohen, A., Gillard, Y., & Bickle, B. (2017, May 27-31). MA: Materiality in teaching and learning [Symposium]. Congress, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Toronto, ON, Canada. International
Wiebe, S., Leggo, C ., Richardson, P., Conrad, D., Sameshima, P., Lloyd, R., James, K., Walsh, S., Fels, L., Gouzouasis, P., Snowber, C., & Kentel, J. (2017, May 27-31). Re(mixing) Curriculum playlists: Responses of synopsis and expansion [Symposium]. Congress, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Toronto, ON, Canada. International
James, K., Balyasnikova, N., Takeda, Y., & Moore, A. (2018, May 05). Pedagogical poetics: The PhoneMe project in and out of the classroom [Conference presentation]. Investigating Our Practices Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Local
Wiebe, S., Leggo, C ., Kentel, J., Lloyd, R., Conrad, D., Sameshima, P., Hasebe-Ludt, E., James, K., Walsh, S., Meyer, K., Gouzouasis, P., Fels, L., & Snowber, C. (2017, February 17-19). The art of mixing: Curriculum as playlist [Symposium]. Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada. National
Peña, E., James, K., & Digital Literacy Centre (2019, February 17-19). Computational thinking & pedagogical playing [Conference paper]. Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada. International
Recent Artistic Works, Performances, Galley Exhibitions
James, K. (2020, November 7). Just Another Open Mic [Poetry and music performance]. Virtual, International audience.
James, K. (2019, December 12). Poems for the Birds [Poetry performance]. Poetry Evening with Pandora’s Collective. Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
James K. (2019, June 12). Words Vancouver [Poetry and music performance]. The Silk Purse Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
James, K. (2019, March 17). In the Woodshop [Poetry performance]. The Loft Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada.
James, K. (2018, March 16). Poetry Performance with Clifton Joseph. Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver, BC, Canada.
James, K. (2017). Leaf artworks. In P. Sameshima, A. Fidyk, K. James, & C. Leggo (Eds.), Poetic inquiry: Enchantment of place, (pp. 1, 3, 5, 40, 98, 156, 210, 270, 314, 378). Vernon Press
James, K. (2017, May 28). Spring Gala of Poetry [Feature poetry performance]. The Secret Handshake, Toronto, ON, Canada.