Learning Through Making with Dr. Sarah Bull

Learning Through Making with Dr. Sarah Bull

From Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast by Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast

March 9, 2026 · 21 min

About this episode

Dr. Sarah Bull discusses her course Cultures of the Book and the use of experiential learning in exploring the technology behind texts.

Going beyond the traditional English lecture, this episode explores Dr. Sarah Bull's course Cultures of the Book, where students explore the technology behind the text. From working with oak gall inks to creating new visions of what a book can be, Sarah shares how she uses experiential learning to engage her students in an exploration of the written word. Dr. Sarah Bull is an Associate Professor in Toronto Metropolitan University's English Department. Her research focuses on print culture and the history of the book. Her first book, Selling Sexual Knowledge: Medical Publishing and Obscenity in Victorian Britain, focused on the practices and politics of selling medical books on sexual matters in nineteenth-century Britain. Her current book project, Manufacturing Literature, examines the practices and politics of compiling books in the nineteenth century Anglophone world. Read the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3mwetbse

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Sarah Bull

Topics covered

  • experiential learning
  • print culture
  • history of the book
  • technology behind the text

Keywords

  • oak gall inks
  • Cultures of the Book
  • medical publishing
  • Victorian Britain

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Cultures of the Book, Selling Sexual Knowledge: Medical Publishing and Obscenity in Victorian Britain, Manufacturing Literature

Places: Britain

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