This book proposes a new pedagogy for addressing Aboriginal subject
material, shifting the focus from an essentializing or “othering”
exploration of the attributes of Aboriginal peoples to a focus on
historical experiences that inform our understanding of contemporary
relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.
Reflecting on the process of writing a series of stories, Dion takes
up questions of (re)presenting the lived experiences of Aboriginal
people in the service of pedagogy. Investigating what happened when
the stories were taken up in history classrooms, she illustrates how
our investments in particular identities structure how we hear and
what we are “willing to know.” Braiding Histories illuminates the
challenges of speaking/listening and writing/reading across cultural
boundaries as an Aboriginal person to communicate Aboriginal
experience through education. It will be useful to teachers and
students of educational and Native studies and will appeal to readers
seeking a better understanding of colonialism and
Aboriginal–non-Aboriginal relations.
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Learning from Aboriginal Peoples’ Experiences and Perspectives
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774858489
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter