Wither the Plurality of Decolonising the Curriculum? Safe Spaces and Identitarian Politics in the Arts and Humanities Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Mendes, Ana; Lau, Lisa
Titel	Wither the Plurality of Decolonising the Curriculum? Safe Spaces and Identitarian Politics in the Arts and Humanities Classroom
Quelle	In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 21 (2022) 3, S.223-239 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mendes, Ana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-0222
DOI	10.1177/14740222221100711
Schlagwörter	Politics of Education; Art Education; Humanities Instruction; College Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Identification; Curriculum Development; Safety; Classroom Environment; Portugal; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Geisteswissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Sicherheit; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Großbritannien
Abstract	Contributing to the debate on decolonising the curriculum, this reflective article questions: What does a safe space in a decolonised classroom mean? For whom is it safe? And at what cost? Must we redraw the parameters of 'safe'? Prompted by a real-life 'n-word incident' in the classroom, this article unpacks the collision of decolonising the curriculum to continue making teaching and learning more pluriversal and inclusive, with the enactment of the 'wounded attachments' of identitarian politics and the playing of 'Privilege or Oppression Olympics'. Using snippets from British parody and satire on decolonising the university, we query how far wokeness in a university setting can become political correctness taken to extremes that threaten decolonising efforts. In its concluding reflections, the article makes tentative recommendations for setting up safe spaces, away from self-silencing or censoring, and backing away from contention and provocation in the classroom. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11