Unsettling the Familiar

Experiential Human Rights Learning through Civic Monuments at the University of Winnipeg

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6435996
AutoresKristi Heather Kenyon (0000-0003-1024-6074), Saad Ahmad Khan (0000-0003-3910-7932), Fiona Vowell, Madison Zienkiewicz
Año2024
Volumen17
Número1
Páginas78-97
Fecha de publicación2024-09-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Rights Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1757-9619 • E-ISSN: 1757-9627
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jhuman/huae029
OpenAlexW4402972438
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas29

Research shows that experiential learning improves student learning, engagement and retention and yet, despite growth in university undergraduate human rights programmes, relatively little is known about experiential learning in the human rights classroom. This article examines a low-cost and online-adaptable experiential learning assignment focused on civic statues and monuments in Winnipeg, Canada. The assignment and supporting activities, speakers and resources were implemented in thirteen sections (online and in-person) of a prerequisite-free undergraduate human rights course over two academic years. Surveys were circulated to students before and after the assignment examining their perspective on key concepts and their own skill and capacity. As a result of the activity students indicated a heightened understanding of the role of monuments and representation as human rights issues, a broadened interpretation of expertise in relation to monuments, and an increased self-perception of skills and capacity related to monument analysis. This article contributes to the emerging literature on human rights education in higher education and to the need for accessible, scalable, and online-adaptable forms of experiential learning. Human Rights is a growing field at the undergraduate level, and our project can usefully contribute to the literature and practice of human rights pedagogy

Experiential learning · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Law