Waking Up to Memmi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17826602 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig Wood (0009-0004-0505-2173, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 72-92 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2333-9489 • E-ISSN: 2333-9497 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/dcqr.2018.7.2.72 |
| OpenAlex | W2804242007 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This critical reflective practice article juxtaposes the temporal relationship between lived experiences in my past, with my present actions as a schoolteacher. Presented in the style of a dwam—the state of semiconsciousness that precedes sleep—I uncover dominant colonial narratives that continue to inscribe racialized power relations in school curriculum and pedagogy, and that have done so throughout my experiences as a child–student and an adult–teacher. Drawing from Albert Memmi's “colonizer who refuses,” my dwam demonstrates critical awakening as a white teacher through six scenes that span four decades
Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Curriculum · Literature · Narrative · Pedagogy · Sociology · Visual arts · Critical Race Theory in Education · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · History · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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