A thing that is or may be chosen
Summary
This presentation drew from the pedagogy experiences and challenges of teaching the elective course Decolonialism in Contemporary Art and Films, offered to the Masters students of Fine Art, Photography and Film at Valand Academy. What does it mean to ‘institute’ such a course in an institution which is still primarily euro-centric in its educational praxis? If we take decolonising pedagogy to mean that it is not limited to creating a course but also entails reimagining pedagogical methodologies in and outside the classroom then what are the tensions between content and methodology? How do we move towards a sustained everyday decolonial practice (of teaching, learning and unlearning)? These are some of the questions that the presentation reflected upon.
Description of project
This presentation drew from the pedagogy experiences and challenges of teaching the elective course Decolonialism in Contemporary Art and Films, offered to the Masters students of Fine Art, Photography and Film at Valand Academy. What does it mean to ‘institute’ such a course in an institution which is still primarily euro-centric in its educational praxis? If we take decolonising pedagogy to mean that it is not limited to creating a course but also entails reimagining pedagogical methodologies in and outside the classroom then what are the tensions between content and methodology? How do we move towards a sustained everyday decolonial practice (of teaching, learning and unlearning)? These are some of the questions that the presentation reflected upon.
Type of work
Presentation
Published in
Decolonising Pedagogy: Exploring processes in image-making Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg
Link to web site
https://akademinvaland.gu.se/infoglueCalendar/digitalAssets/70136880942_BifogadFil_Decolonising%20Pedagogy%20Announcement%20.pdf
https://akademinvaland.gu.se/aktuellt/e/?eventId=70136880937
Date
2019-05-23Creator
Ranjan, Ram Krishna
Caminha, Kjell
Keywords
Decolonizing Pedagogy
Euro-centric classrooms
Decolonial Practices
Publication type
artistic work
Language
eng