Dealing with racism and aggression as an academic of colour Aisha’s approach when tackling difficult classroom situation I have been in this situation and it is invaluable to have an opportunity to reflect on the components of best practice. Aisha reframes and asks: Who is protected and why? This is a subtler and trickier question… Continue reading Session 2: Key Ideas
Session 1: Key Ideas
Positionality Statement This seemed one of the most central and foundational element of the reflexive approach needed in this unit. I am a mixed race, half Ugandan, half irish, cis gendered woman who grew up in Birmingham. I am heterosexual, married and have lived in London for over a decade. I am a Lecturer in… Continue reading Session 1: Key Ideas
Responses to blog comments
It was so useful to get this feedback on my posts. It allowed me to build my knowledge around ideas like the nature of resistance, how beauty can work against prejudice and appropriation. The dialogue of these exchanges echoes the in-session dialogue and the dialogue with sources within the posts themselves. This voice has been… Continue reading Responses to blog comments
Comments on other blogs
Engaging with other people’s blogs has provided not only a wealth of resources and perspectives but a feeling of support and solidarity. It has given me a sense of a community which I would like to continue and build on in future. Gordon Blaine West talks about the value of ‘having a group to go… Continue reading Comments on other blogs
Artefact Reflection (with Appendix and Bibliography)
Artefact Reflection: Sustained Dissent The artefact I devised and delivered was a workshop (See Appendices 1-3) intended to embed Inclusive Learning ideas in the teaching of my discipline, Illustration, specifically Narrative. It was successful in meeting my original aims, regarding the inclusion of student experience, creation of a dialogue, promotion of meta-cultural sensitivity and challenge… Continue reading Artefact Reflection (with Appendix and Bibliography)
Artefact Discussion: Rachel Emily Taylor
Rachel Emily Taylor Course Leader, BA Illustration Group Behaviour Group size? Large group through necessity but does that work against vulnerability? In a larger group people show off 7-8 largest possible for vulnerability Students without language to communicate feelings Instead communicating through body language and actions – performance Dominant voices or first responses set patterns… Continue reading Artefact Discussion: Rachel Emily Taylor
Artefact Discussion: Duna Sabri
Dr Duna Sabri Director, Academic Development Fund and Researcher Lucy Panesar – Safe Spaces There is no right answer No one right and no one wrong Mobility is important Disclosure Statement? Are students in a position to make a judgement about how much or how little they share? What are the criteria of disclosure? Do… Continue reading Artefact Discussion: Duna Sabri
Artefact Discussion: Jheni Arboine
Jheni Arboine CCW Educational Developer, Academic Enhancement What is a story? What is narrative? Different types of narrative Fiction, Non-Fiction What characteristics of form and structure define a story? Does the terms story mean different things in different cultures? Who tells what stories? White illustrators showing black characters? Antagonism here – How could it be… Continue reading Artefact Discussion: Jheni Arboine
Artefact Discussion: ILT Peers
ILT Peers NR Painting, Camberwell Dialogic Reading Group Not centering yourself – centering the student On Intersectionality Edouard Glissant Learning: We need to make sure we don’t try to cover too much NP Year 1 Fashion photography Location of culture The New Black Vanguard, Tyler Mitchell – ‘Beauty as an act of justice’ (Yay! –… Continue reading Artefact Discussion: ILT Peers
Artefact Discussion: Terry Finnegan
Terry Finnegan -Dissent -Manage room -Language -Netiquette -Trigger warning -Listen respectfully -If something has happened pick it up and explore it immediately -Areas of focus = Challenges Safe Space Vulnerability Intersectionality -Pre task? Post task? Who takes it up? -Student contract? Staff contract? -Relational dynamics Analysing behaviour -Talk to Course Leader and Jheni Arboine -Provocation… Continue reading Artefact Discussion: Terry Finnegan