Curriculum Inquiry ( IF 1.944 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 , DOI: 10.1080/03626784.2020.1860641 Kirsten T. Edwards 1
Abstract
While university-based study abroad programs have become a core component of multicultural education, I argue that in many ways the dominant model of study abroad is rooted in a white masculinist episteme predicated on anthropological consumption of the “Other” without, and largely opposed to, meaningful examinations of the self. The present study is a critical exploration of a study abroad program created by Black women for students of African descent. Through two conceptual frameworks—Black Atlantic Consciousness and Womanism—I note the ways in which the study abroad program departed sharply from traditional programming found at historically white institutions. Utilizing narrative thematic case study analysis, findings reveal both the program designers’ goals and intentions for this study abroad program, as well as the ways those goals translated into pedagogical and curricular praxis. Three subthemes comprise the larger theme related to goals and intentions: self-awareness and communal awareness, African diasporic gendered identity, and deconstruction with student support. Four subthemes organize the theme curricular and pedagogical praxis: spiritually detoxing experiences, Afrocentric role-playing and storytelling/making, integration of counseling and emotional support resources, and institutional subversion. The article concludes with reflections on and implications for culturally relevant study abroad programming.
中文翻译:
忧郁的思想和流散的身体:女性主义的课程实践是出国留学的根本干预
摘要
虽然以大学为基础的出国留学计划已成为多元文化教育的核心组成部分,但我认为,从许多方面来说,出国留学的主导模式都源于白人男性主义的认识论,其基于人类学上对“他者”的消费而没有,并且在很大程度上反对,对自我进行有意义的检查。本研究是黑人妇女为非洲人后裔的学生创建的海外研究计划的重要探索。通过两个概念框架-“黑大西洋意识”和“女性主义”,我注意到出国留学计划与在历史上白人机构中发现的传统计划截然不同的方式。利用叙述性专题案例研究分析,研究结果揭示了程序设计者针对该出国留学计划的目的和意图,以及这些目标转化为教学实践和课程实践的方式。三个子主题包括与目标和意图相关的较大主题:自我意识和社区意识,非洲流离失所的性别认同以及在学生支持下的解构。四个子主题组织了课程和教学实践主题:精神上的排毒经历,以非洲人为中心的角色扮演和讲故事/制作,咨询和情感支持资源的整合以及体制上的颠覆。本文以对与文化相关的出国留学编程的思考和启示作为结尾。四个子主题组织了课程和教学实践主题:精神上的排毒体验,以非洲为中心的角色扮演和讲故事/制作,咨询和情感支持资源的整合以及对制度的颠覆。本文以对与文化相关的出国留学编程的思考和启示作为结尾。四个子主题组织了课程和教学实践主题:精神上的排毒体验,以非洲为中心的角色扮演和讲故事/制作,咨询和情感支持资源的整合以及对制度的颠覆。本文以对与文化相关的出国留学编程的思考和启示作为结尾。