Critical Place-Based Pedagogy in an Inner-City University Department: Truth, Reconciliation and Neoliberal Austerity

Autor/in	MacKinnon, Shauna
Titel	Critical Place-Based Pedagogy in an Inner-City University Department: Truth, Reconciliation and Neoliberal Austerity
Quelle	In: Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 29 (2021) 1, S.137-154 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (MacKinnon, Shauna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1366
DOI	10.1080/14681366.2019.1694058
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Urban Universities; Departments; Racial Bias; Place Based Education; Indigenous Knowledge; Social Justice; Neoliberalism; Canada Natives; Residential Schools; Inclusion; Barriers; College Students; Culturally Relevant Education; Critical Theory; Urban Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Department; Abteilung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Heimschule; Inklusion; Collegestudent; Kritische Theorie; Stadterkundung
Abstract	In 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) described Canada's residential school policy, established in the 1880's and active through most of the 20th century, as 'cultural genocide'. Earlier that same year, Maclean's magazine described Winnipeg as Canada's most racist Winnipeg. Winnipeg, situated on Treaty One territory, has the largest Indigenous population of any Canadian City. Situated in the centre of the City, The University of Winnipeg is seeking ways to respond to the "TRC Calls to Action" and is exploring ways to "Indigenise." In this paper I describe the pedagogical approach of a small university department purposefully situated outside of the main campus in a low-income inner-city neighbourhood with a large Indigenous population. The department integrates critical, place-based pedagogies rooted in an understanding of systemic oppression. We agree that reconciliation begins with acknowledging the "truth" about the past and present damage caused by colonial policies. Despite the fact that what we have learned is essential to reconciliation in the postsecondary education context, we face many obstacles in a political context driven by neoliberal austerity that threatens our approach and makes reconciliation near impossible to achieve. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01